a statistic describing the location of a distribution; it set the norm for American homes
[ Syn: norm ]
(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; he is about average in height; the snowfall this month is below average'
average (n.)
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; the average income in New England is below that of the nation; of average height for his age; the mean annual rainfall
[ Syn: mean ]
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; average people; the ordinary (or common) man in the street
[ Syn: ordinary ]
lacking exceptional quality or ability; a novel of average merit; only a fair performance of the sonata; in fair health; the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average; the performance was middling at best
around the middle of a scale of evaluation; an orange of average size; intermediate capacity; medium bombers
[ Syn: intermediate , medium ]
relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
[ Syn: modal ]
relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values); the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20; the median income for the year was $15, 000
[ Syn: median ]
average (adj.)
amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40
[ Syn: average out ]
achieve or reach on average; He averaged a C'
compute the average of
[ Syn: average out ]