arithmetic mean

== English == === Noun === arithmetic mean (plural arithmetic means) (statistics, probability) The measure of central tendency of a set of values computed by dividing the sum of the values by their number. Synonyms: mean (often elliptically synonymous), arithmetic average, average (narrow sense) Hypernyms: mean (broad sense) < average (broad sense) Coordinate terms: geometric mean, harmonic mean, quadratic mean, weighted mean; median; mode Near-synonym: average (often synonymous when not otherwise specified, but see the usage note) ==== Usage notes ==== In scientific and economic contexts, this term is preferable to average, which can also mean the mode or the median depending on context. ==== Hypernyms ==== measure of central tendency Pythagorean mean ==== Translations ====