单词 | mean motion |
释义 | > as lemmasmean motion a. Of a value: so related to a given set of values that the algebraic sum of their differences from it is zero; that is the arithmetical mean (mean n.3 10a) of a set of values; average. Hence used before the name of a variable quantity to express the mean average value of that quantity (as in mean diameter, mean distance, mean motion, mean temperature, etc.). Cf. mean proportional n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [adjective] > mean meana1450 medial1570 subcontrary1914 a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe ii. §44. 60 The residue is the mene mote for the same day and the same houre. 1694 W. Holder Disc. Time 20 According to the Mean Motion of the Sun. 1709 J. Ward Young Mathematician's Guide (1734) 455 By the Bung and Head Diameters, find such a mean Diameter as you judge will Reduce the propos'd Cask to a Cylinder. 1743 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lilliput in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 406 The Produce of the Customs was the last Year less by half a Million, than the mean Revenue. 1788 J. Madison Federalist Papers xiv. 82 The mean distance from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, does not probably exceed seven hundred and fifty miles. 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) ii. vii. 271 In the Pays de Vaud, the lowest mean life..is 29½ years. 1846 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. II. 160 The mean amount of free lactic acid excreted daily..was 2·167 grammes. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) v. §282 Rain-gauges will give us the mean annual rain-fall. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 200 The constant temperature being nearly the mean temperature of the surface. 1906 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1905 260 Mean values were computed for different galactic latitudes by combining the results of regions at equal distances from the Milky Way. 1967 Brain 90 900 The mean body weight of the undernourished rats rose from 63 to 102 g. during the first week of rehabilitation. 1990 New Scientist 28 July 18/1 We do not yet know whether carrying out the equivalent of doubling the amount of carbon dioxide in the air..will increase global mean temperatures by 2°C or by 4°C. < as lemmas |
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