Definition of mean

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Mean (n.) A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities..

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Weapon :: Weapon (n.) Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon..
Intendment :: Intendment (n.) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument..
School :: School (n.) Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience..
Dilogical :: Dilogical (a.) Ambiguous; of double meaning.
By :: By (pref.) With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force..
Mediate :: Mediate (a.) Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition..
Demean :: Demean (n.) Resources; means.
Corruptly :: Corruptly (adv.) In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wrongfully.
Reflection :: Reflection (n.) The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex..
Feel :: Feel (v. t.) To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs..
Import :: Import (v. t.) To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify..
Dastard :: Dastard (n.) One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.
Scum :: Scum (v.) The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross..
Strait-handed :: Straiten (v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances..
Till :: Till (n.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner..
Enigma :: Enigma (n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed..
Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund..
Rhapsodomancy :: Rhapsodomancy (n.) Divination by means of verses.
Palatize :: Palatize (v. t.) To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound..
Wagonry :: Wagonry (n.) Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons.
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