Mean
//miːn//
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The word "mean" can be used as verb, adjective, noun, adjective and proper noun.
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Cesàro mean Chisini mean Heronian mean Hölder mean I mean absolute mean and I don't mean maybe arithmetic mean arithmetic-geometric mean bemean brake mean effective pressure contraharmonic mean demean generalised f-mean generalized f-mean geomean geometric mean golden mean grand mean harmonic mean how do you mean if you see what I mean intermean lean and mean like one means it local mean sidereal time logarithmic mean mean absolute deviation mean anomaly mean as a snake mean business mean distance mean distance between failure mean everything to mean free path mean free time mean girl mean hitting time mean machine mean motion mean people suck mean planet mean proportional mean ratio mean sea level mean sidereal time mean solar day mean solar time mean square mean standard mean streak mean streets mean sun mean survival time mean the whole world to mean the world to mean time mean time to failure mean to mean to say mean value theorem mean well mean white mean world syndrome mean-mouth mean-mug mean-spirited meanable meandom meanfem meanie meanish meanless meanless meanness means meanspo meantime meantone meanwhile meany mismean nah mean no mean feat no means no population mean power mean quadratic mean quasi-arithmetic mean regression to the mean regression toward the mean root mean square sample mean semimean semimean sore boob means more boob this means war treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen unmean weighted mean well-meaning whaddayamean what do you mean what does … mean y'all means all you know what I mean
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actions adjective alto anger angry angry person argument arithmetic arithmetic average arithmetic mean attitude average average middle bad bad actions bad dog bad intent badness base behavior being being rude bring about bully bully like bullying cheap client side common contemptible convey conviction cruel cruelty damaging definition deft description despicable develop difficult disobliging disposition dog evil explanation fierce function general harm harsh humble indicate inferior insults intend intent intermediate javascript lament like low low minded malicious mathematical mathematical average mathematical term measure of central tendency median mediate mediation mediator mediocre mediocrity medium method middle middling miserly moderately nasty nasty disposition nasty spiteful nasty to nice niggardly number offensive penurious person personality personality trait perverse plan poor powerful predestine range ream representative result rude selfish server side shabby signify small software spiritless spiteful spread stack statistics statistics term stingy term tightfisted trait tricky unaccommodating understand ungenerous unkind unkindness unpleasantness value variable web site
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