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semimean

semimean adjective: somewhat or partially mean.

Adjective

semimean (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat or partially mean.
  2. 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

Noun

semimean (plural semimeans)

  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

Antonyms of semimean

Forms of semimean

pluralsemimeans

Origin of semimean

From semi- + mean.

Questions about semimean

What does semimean mean?
Semimean means somewhat or partially mean.
What part of speech is semimean?
Semimean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near semimean in the dictionary

  1. semimatrix
  2. semimatt
  3. semimatte
  4. semimature
  5. semimaturity
  6. semimean
  7. semimeans
  8. semimeasure
  9. semimeasures
  10. semimechanical
  11. semimechanized

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