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geometric mean
noun
, Mathematics.
- the mean of n positive numbers obtained by taking the n th root of the product of the numbers:
The geometric mean of 6 and 24 is 12.
geometric mean
noun
- See arithmetic meanthe average value of a set of n integers, terms, or quantities, expressed as the n th root of their product Compare arithmetic mean
geometric mean
- The positive n th root of the product of a set of n numbers. For example, the geometric mean of 2 × 3 × 6 × 8 is the 4th root of 288, or approximately 4.12.
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To every geometric mean in the column of numbers there corresponds the arithmetical mean in the column of logarithms.
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The great objection to the geometric mean is its cumbrousness.
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