mean : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
  expected value; first moment; expectation.
  

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• . See Mean.

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• adverb definitely or certainly
  
  • Visit us by all means

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• most assuredly; without fail; certainly.
• certainly; without fail; as, go, by all means.

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• in any way possible; by any sort of means.

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• adverb in any way necessary
  by hook or by crook.
  
  • I'll pass this course by hook or by crook

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• in any way; possibly; at all.

  If by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead. Phil. iii. ll.

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• adverb not according to nature; not by natural means
  artificially; unnaturally.
  
  • artificially induced conditions

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• adverb definitely not
  not by a long sight; not by a blame sight.
  
  • the prize is by no means certain
  • and that isn't all, not by a long sight

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• not at all; certainly not; not in any degree.

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• (Geom.), the relation of a line and its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is to the greater segment is to the less.

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• noun the mean of n numbers expressed as the n-th root of their product
  

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• noun the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long)
  golden section.
  
• noun the middle between extremes
  

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• the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation.

  Angels guard him in the golden mean. Pope.

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• noun the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form
  

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• noun the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere
  UT; universal time; UT1; Greenwich Time; GMT.
  

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• noun the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers
  

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• (Arith. & Alg.), certain relations of numbers and quantities, which bear an analogy to musical consonances.

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• noun the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express
  

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• noun a man who is wealthy
  rich man; wealthy man.
  

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• noun the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution
  mean deviation.
  

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• noun the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution
  mean deviation.
  

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• noun the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary
  

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• (of a planet from the sun) (Astron.), the average of the distances throughout one revolution of the planet, equivalent to the semi-major axis of the orbit.

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• (Math. Phys.), the average error of a number of observations found by taking the mean value of the positive and negative errors without regard to sign.

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• . (Crystallog.) Same as Bisectrix.

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• noon as determined by mean time.

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• (between two numbers) (Math.), the square root of their product.

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• noun time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
  twenty-four hours; twenty-four hour period; solar day; day; 24-hour interval.
  
  • two days later they left
  • they put on two performances every day
  • there are 30,000 passengers per day

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• noun (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
  mean solar time.
  

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• noun a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds
  

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• a fictitious sun supposed to move uniformly in the equator so as to be on the meridian each day at mean noon.

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• noun (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
  mean solar time.
  

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• time as measured by an equable motion, as of a perfect clock, or as reckoned on the supposition that all the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length, in contradistinction from apparent time, or that actually indicated by the sun, and from sidereal time, or that measured by the stars.

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• noun an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
  mean.
  

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Mean"-spir`it*ed adjective

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1. Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.

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• (Math. Phys.), the error the square of which is the mean of the squares of all the errors; called also, especially by European writers, mean error.

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• noun tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land
  Aleppo grass; Sorghum halepense; evergreen millet; Johnson grass.
  

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• noun an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid
  

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• noun the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
  statistical regression; simple regression; regression.
  

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• to be earnest. Colloq.

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• noun resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government)
  

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• . (a) Methods; resources; facilities. (b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for revenue.

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• noun a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue
  

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Well"-mean`er noun

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1. One whose intention is good. "Well-meaners think no harm." Dryden.

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• adjective satellite not unfriendly or threatening
  unthreatening.
  
  • her well-meaning words were received in silence
  • the exasperation of a...well-meaning cow worried by dogs
• adjective satellite marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results
  well-intentioned; well-meaning.
  
  • a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter
  • a well-meaning but tactless fellow
  • the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm
  • blunt but well-meant criticism

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Well"-mean`ing adjective

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1. Having a good intention.

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• adjective satellite marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results
  well-intentioned; well-meaning.
  
  • a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter
  • a well-meaning but tactless fellow
  • the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm
  • blunt but well-meant criticism

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• noun the accepted meaning of a word
  word sense; acceptation.
  

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