mean (English, noun)
expansion: mean (plural means)
Senses:
qualifier: now chiefly in the plural form means
glosses: A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
tags: also
raw_tags: in a singular sense
glosses: An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
tags: obsolete
singular
glosses: Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
topics: entertainment
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music
glosses: The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
tags: historical
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms.
wikidata: Q19033
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
Forms:
form: means
tags: plural
form: myn
tags: alternative