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harmonic mean
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harmonic mean
n.
The reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a specified set of numbers.

harmonic mean
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(Mathematics) the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of specified numbers: the harmonic mean of 2, 3, and 4 is 3(½ + ⅓ + ¼)-1 = 36/13

harmonic mean
The reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a specified set of numbers.
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Noun1.harmonic mean - the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
mean, mean value - an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n


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