HARMONIC MEAN Definition & Meaning

harmonic mean

noun

Statistics.

the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers.

harmonic mean

noun

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( 1/ 2 + 1/ 3 + 1/ 4 ) ^–1 = 3 6/ 13

harmonic mean

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of harmonic mean¹

First recorded in 1880–85

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Eventually, they categorized proportions into 10 different classes, with names like the harmonic mean.

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Once we had those three numbers for each of the starting Super Bowl quarterbacks, we averaged them together using the harmonic mean rather than a simple average.

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harmonic interval harmonic minor scale

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