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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

The parameters 0 and 1 are the mean value and the standard deviation of the standard normal distribution Z.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

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

As the lowest normal value he gives 50-100 eosinophil cells per mm.3, as mean value 100 to 200, as a high normal value 200-250.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.