quadratic mean

English

Etymology

Quadratic in the phrase refers to the squaring on the terms.

Noun

quadratic mean (plural quadratic means)

  2. (mathematics) A type of average, calculated as the square root of the mean of the squares, i.e. .
    Synonyms: root mean square, RMS, rms
    Hypernyms: mean (broad sense), average (broad sense), measure of central tendency
    Coordinate terms: arithmetic mean, geometric mean, harmonic mean

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