arithmetic mean

English

Noun

arithmetic mean (plural arithmetic means)

1. (statistics, probability) The measure of central tendency of a set of values computed by dividing the sum of the values by their number; commonly called the mean or the average.

   The arithmetic mean of 3, 6, 2, 3 and 6 is (3 + 6 + 2 + 3 + 6) / 5 = 4.

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.

Synonyms

• average, mean, arithmetic average

Hypernyms

• measure of central tendency

Translations

measure of central tendency

• Arabic: المتوسط الحسابي
• Burmese: ပျမ်းမျှခြင်း (my) (pyam:hmya.hkrang:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 算術平均值／算术平均值 (suànshù píngjūnzhí), 算术平均值 (suànshù píngjūnzhí)

• Czech: aritmetický průměr m
• Finnish: aritmeettinen keskiarvo (fi), keskiarvo (fi)
• French: moyenne arithmétique (fr)
• Georgian: საშუალო არითმეტიკული (sašualo aritmeṭiḳuli)
• German: arithmetisches Mittel n
• Hungarian: számtani közép (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: meðaltal n, hreint meðaltal n, venjulegt meðaltal n
• Italian: media aritmetica f
• Japanese: 算術平均 (ja) (sanjutsu heikin)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: średnia arytmetyczna f
• Portuguese: média aritmética f
• Romanian: medie aritmetică (ro) f
• Russian: сре́днее арифмети́ческое (ru) n (srédneje arifmetíčeskoje)
• Serbo-Croatian: aritmetička sredina f
• Spanish: media aritmética f
• Tagalog: bilnuring tamtaman

See also

• geometric mean
• harmonic mean
• quadratic mean