Word
averaged
Phoneticsav·er·aged
US/ˈævɹədʒd/
UK/ˈævɹɪdʒd/
Definitions
01typical amount over time
v. to have a middle or typical value over a period of time.
v. to result in a mean value or maintain a specific rate over a period of observation.
“Last year, the team averaged three goals per game during the tournament.”
“The small retail business averaged nearly five hundred visitors a day during the peak holiday season, exceeding all previous growth projections.”
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02calculated the mean
v. to have calculated the middle value of several different numbers.
v. to have performed the mathematical operation of finding the arithmetic mean of a set of values.
“She averaged her test scores to see her final grade for the term.”
“The researchers averaged the temperature readings from all ten sensors to ensure the final data set was not skewed by a single faulty device.”
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03modified by an average
adj. describes a value that has been changed to show a middle amount rather than exact details.
adj. referring to a value that has been adjusted or replaced by an arithmetic mean to simplify data or hide fluctuations.
“The report used averaged data to show the general trend of the weather.”
“Using averaged figures can sometimes obscure significant daily spikes in energy consumption that are critical for infrastructure planning.”
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