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How To Apply The Metrics Each axis is scored on a 1-10 scale, and the composite score is the arithmetic mean.
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Ranjeet Mudholkar, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
To find the median of an even number of values, take the middle two and then find the pair's arithmetic mean of those two.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2021
Ranjeet Mudholkar, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
To find the median of an even number of values, take the middle two and then find the pair's arithmetic mean of those two.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arithmetic mean
Noun
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His attack angle, which measures his bat position at the intercept point with the ball, is 3 degrees, which is a drastic change from his 6-degree average in each of the previous two seasons.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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All of those numbers are near or slightly below the average from 1991 to 2020.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Philosopher Aristotle believed in the golden mean: Between two extremes lies perfection.—
María Munsuri,
Vogue,
29 Oct. 2025
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What was once perceived as a temporary fix may, however, prove to be the golden mean.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
21 June 2025
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“Arithmetic mean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arithmetic%20mean. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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