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/* Analog for Average */
--[[User:SeanTheSheep|SeanTheSheep]] 03:48, 15 May 2007 (EDT)
See for example the following from http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/a/a0545300.html
definition
n.
Mathematics
* A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function.
* See arithmetic mean.
* An intermediate level or degree: near the average in size.
* The usual or ordinary kind or quality: Although the wines vary, the average is quite good.
* 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.
* Law: The loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea; The incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea; The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties; . A charge incurred through such a loss.
* Nautical Small expenses or charges that are usually paid by the master of a ship.
adj.
* Mathematics Of, relating to, or constituting an average.
* Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale: a player of average ability.
* Usual or ordinary in kind or character: a poll of average people; average eyesight.
* Assessed in accordance with the law of averages.
* Synonyms: average, medium, mediocre, fair1, middling, indifferent, tolerable; These adjectives indicate a middle position on a scale of evaluation. Average and medium apply to what is midway between extremes and imply both sufficiency and lack of distinction: a novel of average merit; an orange of medium size.
* Mediocre stresses the undistinguished aspect of what is average: "The caliber of the students . . . has gone from mediocre to above average" (Judy Pasternak).
* What is fair is passable but substantially below excellent: in fair health; Middling refers to a ranking between average and mediocre: gave a middling performance.
* Indifferent suggests neutrality: "His home, alas, was but an indifferent attic" (Edward Everett Hale).
* Something tolerable is merely acceptable: prepared a tolerable meal
--[[User:SeanTheSheep|SeanTheSheep]] 03:55, 15 May 2007 (EDT)
