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mean value

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. the ratio of the integral of a given function over a closed interval to the length of the interval.


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During a heatwave, not only the air but also the ocean grows warmer -- the temperature is substantially higher than the seasonal mean value for at least five consecutive days.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2024

For each tissue type, we calculated the mean editing level of each site from different individuals and required the mean value should be computed from at least 10 samples.

From Nature • Oct. 10, 2017

Looking at the feedback, he determined a mean value of transactions at $90.

From Forbes • Mar. 18, 2015

Divide the sum by 50 to calculate the mean value: 23.462.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

The exact value of this constant is unknown; but the mean value as determined by Joule and Thomson, in their celebrated experiments with porous plugs, was 492.66° F. This value would slightly change his result.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various

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