"contraharmonic mean" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: contraharmonic means [plural]
Etymology: The contraharmonic mean of two variables is at the same distance from their arithmetic mean as their harmonic mean but on the opposite side. Head templates: {{en-noun}} contraharmonic mean (plural contraharmonic means)
  1. (mathematics) A type of average calculated as the arithmetic mean of the squares of the values divided by the arithmetic mean of the values, ie. C=(x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²)/n/(x_1+x_2+...+x_n)/norC(x_1,x_2,...,x_n)=x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²/x_1+x_2+...+x_n Categories (topical): Mathematics Related terms: arithmetic mean, centroidal mean, harmonic mean, heronian mean, geometric mean, quadratic mean Translations (type of average): kontraharmoninen keskiarvo (Finnish), kontraharmonijska sredina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The contraharmonic mean of two numbers a and c is the number b such that #123;a-b#92;overc#125;#61;#123;b-c#92;overa#125;. Combining the two ratios: #123;b-c#92;overa#125;#61;#123;(a-b)#43;(b-c)#92;overc#43;a#125;#61;#123;a-c#92;overa#43;c#125;. Rotating the proportion 90° clockwise: #123;a#92;overa#43;c#125;#61;#123;b-c#92;overa-c#125;; transposing twice to isolate the b: b#61;c#43;a#92;left(#123;a-c#92;overa#43;c#125;#92;right). Likewise b#61;a-c#92;left(#123;a-c#92;overa#43;c#125;#92;right); these are both equivalent to the more symmetrical b#61;#123;a²#43;c²#92;overa#43;c#125;.",
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        "A type of average calculated as the arithmetic mean of the squares of the values divided by the arithmetic mean of the values, ie. C=(x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²)/n/(x_1+x_2+...+x_n)/norC(x_1,x_2,...,x_n)=x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²/x_1+x_2+...+x_n"
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        "(mathematics) A type of average calculated as the arithmetic mean of the squares of the values divided by the arithmetic mean of the values, ie. C=(x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²)/n/(x_1+x_2+...+x_n)/norC(x_1,x_2,...,x_n)=x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²/x_1+x_2+...+x_n"
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          "word": "kontraharmoninen keskiarvo"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of average",
      "word": "kontraharmoninen keskiarvo"
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