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semimean en · ADJ

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Etymology

From semi- + mean.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Somewhat or partially mean.
2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to half the length of the middle axis on an ellipse (halfway between the major and minor axes).
   • The planes in which lie the semimajor and semimean axes of both the pebbles and quartz-feldspar aggregates coincide with those of the crystalline schistosity (Sj, which follows the bedding (S0). 1970, Akademii͡a︡ nauk SSSR, Doklady of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R:

Antonyms

seminice (partially mean)

semimean en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From semi- + mean.

Meanings

1. The result obtained by taking either the largest or smallest half of the values and calculating the mean.
   • Moreover, semimeans unify many of the more common measures. 1983, The Engineering Economist - Volume 29, page 12:
   • The third captures the mean squared wealth and the lower semimean squared wealth. 2010, Gerd Infanger, Stochastic Programming:

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