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mean square deviation

noun Statistics.

variance(def 3).

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Nearby words

  1. mean proportional,
  2. mean sea level,
  3. mean solar day,
  4. mean solar time,
  5. mean square,
  6. mean sun,
  7. mean time,
  8. mean to,
  9. mean value,
  10. mean value theorem

Origin of mean square deviation

First recorded in 1890–95
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