Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 2 compound words that contain averages. The most common are listed below. Open averages in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- law of averagesThe statistical tendency toward a fixed proportion in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times.
- national averagesplural of national average: The average value for something across a particular nation.
- time averagesplural of time average: The average, if it exists, of a function over iterations of T, a measure-preserving transformation on a measure space, starting from some initial point x.
- weighted averagesplural of weighted average: An arithmetic mean of values biased according to agreed weightings.
- grade point averagesplural of grade point average: The overall average grade of all courses taken at a particular time.
- averages downthird-person singular simple present indicative of average down: To buy more of a product, especially more shares, at a lower price than a previous purchase, so that the average price paid for one's holding is lowered.
- averages outthird-person singular simple present indicative of average out: To acquire a specified average value as more instances occur.
- averages upthird-person singular simple present indicative of average up: To calculate an average or rough figure.
- bowling averagesplural of bowling average: The number of runs conceded divided by the number of wickets taken, used as a statistic.
- ensemble averagesplural of ensemble average: The mean of a quantity that is a function of the microstate of a system, according to the distribution of the system on its microstates in this ensemble.
- goal averagesplural of goal average: The ratio of the numbers of goals scored for and against a team in a series of matches, sometimes used in deciding the team’s position in a table.
- Jane Averagesplural of Jane Average: A hypothetical female average or female generic individual; the common woman.
- Joe Averagesplural of Joe Average: A hypothetical average or generic individual; the common man (or person, by extension).
- moving averagesplural of moving average: A weighted average that is determined for a given data point based on its value and the past values.
- particular averagesplural of particular average: A partial loss or damage that is borne solely by the owner of the affected property, not shared among all parties involved.
- space averagesplural of space average: The average value of a physical quantity over a certain region of space.
- z-averagesplural of z-average: A weighted average where the value for each component is weighted by the square of its mass or volume.
- petty averagesplural of petty average: A minor, incidental expense incurred during a ship's voyage, traditionally borne entirely by the shipowner.
- arithmetic averagesplural of arithmetic average: The arithmetic mean.
- batting averagesplural of batting average: A statistical estimation of the scoring ability of a batsman, equal to the total number of runs scored divided by the number of times out.
- earned run averagesplural of earned run average: A statistic in baseball which equals the number of earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched.
- slugging averagesplural of slugging average: A statistic which compares the total number of bases achieved by a batter over that batter's number of at bats.
Compound words 2
- gyroaveragesplural of gyroaverage: The average over a gyroperiod; a gyrophase average.
- subaveragesplural of subaverage: Below average.