MPage 134
- English Word Mean Definition Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
- English Word Mean Definition Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
- English Word Mean Definition Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
- English Word Mean Definition That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
- English Word Mean Definition A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.
- English Word Mean Definition That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.
- English Word Mean Definition Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.
- English Word Mean Definition A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.
- English Word Mean Definition Meantime; meanwhile.
- English Word Mean Definition A mediator; a go-between.
- English Word Mean-spirited Definition Of a mean spirit; base; groveling.
- English Word Meander Definition A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.
- English Word Meander Definition A tortuous or intricate movement.
- English Word Meander Definition Fretwork. See Fret.
- English Word Meander Definition To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
- English Word Meander Definition To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
- English Word Meandered Definition of Meander
- English Word Meandering Definition of Meander
- English Word Meandrian Definition Winding; having many turns.
- English Word Meandrina Definition A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals.