average
Kelime Anlamı :

1. ortalama.
2. sıradan.
3. ortalama düzey.
4. averaj.
5. avarya.
6. hasar.
7. mat. -in.
8. aritmetik ortalama.
9. muhammin.
10. olağan.
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Tanımlar :
1. mathematics A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function.
2. mathematics see arithmetic mean.
3. an intermediate level or degree: near the average in size.
4. the usual or ordinary kind or quality: although the wines vary, the average is quite good.
5. sports the ratio of a team's or player's successful performances such as wins, hits, or goals, divided by total opportunities for successful performance, such as games, times at bat, or shots: finished the season with a .500 average; a batting average of .274.
6. law the loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea.
7. law the incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea.
8. law the equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.
9. law A charge incurred through such a loss.
10. nautical small expenses or charges that are usually paid by the master of a ship.
11. mathematics of, relating to, or constituting an average.
12. being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale: a player of average ability.
13. usual or ordinary in kind or character: a poll of average people; average eyesight.
14. assessed in accordance with the law of averages.
15. mathematics to calculate the average of: average a set of numbers.
16. to do or have an average of: averaged three hours of work a day.
17. to distribute proportionately: average one's income over four years so as to minimize the tax rate.
18. to be or amount to an average: some sparrows are six inches long, but they average smaller. our expenses averaged out to 45 dollars per day.
19. average down to purchase shares of the same security at successively lower prices in order to reduce the average price of one's position.
20. average up to purchase shares of the same security at successively higher prices in order to achieve a larger position at an average price that is lower than the current market value.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. to find the arithemetical mean of, as unequal sums or quantities; reduce to a mean.
2. to result in, as an arithmetical mean term; amount to, as a mean sum or quantity: as, wheat averages 56 pounds to the bushel.
3. to divide among a number proportionally; divide the total amount of by the number of equal shares: as, to average a loss.
4. in old law, a kind of service owed by tenants to their superior.
5. A duty or tax upon goods.
6. A small charge payable by the shippers of goods to the master of the ship, over and above the freight, for his care of the goods. hence the clause, in bills of lading, “paying so much freight, with primage and average accustomed.”
7. A small charge paid by the master on account of the ship and cargo, such as pilotage, towage, etc.: called more specifically petty average.
8. A loss, or the sum paid on account of a loss (such as that of an anchor), when the general safety is not in question, and which falls on the owner of the particular property lost: called more specifically particular average.
9. A contribution made by the owners of a ship's freight and cargo, in proportion to their several interests, to make good a loss that has been sustained or an expense incurred for the general safety of the ship and cargo.
10. A sum or quantity intermediate to a number of different sums or quantities, obtained by adding them together and dividing the result by the number of quantities added; an arithmetical mean proportion. thus, if four persons lose respectively $10, $20, $30, and $40, the average loss by the four is $25.
11. any medial amount, estimate, or general statement based on a comparison of a number of diverse specific cases; a medium.
12. the stubble and grass left in corn-fields after harvest.
13. A mode of estimating, by comparison, the strength or weakness of a billiard play.
14. in cricket: the aggregate number of runs a batsman has scored, divided by the number of his completed innings.
15. the aggregate number of runs scored from a bowler, divided by the number of batsmen he hasdismissed.’
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia