mean square deviation

  • 11mean square deviation — Statistics. variance (def. 3). [1890 95] * * * …

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  • 12Mean-square error — Mean Mean, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See {Mid}.] 1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes. [1913 Webster] Being of middle age and a… …

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  • 13Mean square weighted deviation — is used extensively in geochronology, the science of obtaining information about the time of formation of, for example, rocks, minerals, bones, corals, or charcoal, or the time at which particular processes took place in a rock mass, for example… …

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  • 14Mean square quantization error — (MSQE) is a figure of merit for the process of analog to digital conversion. As the input is varied, the input s value is recorded when the digital output changes. For each digital output, the input s difference from ideal is normalized to the… …

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  • 15Error of the mean square — Mean Mean, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See {Mid}.] 1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes. [1913 Webster] Being of middle age and a… …

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  • 16Root mean square — In mathematics, the root mean square (abbreviated RMS or rms), also known as the quadratic mean, is a statistical measure of the magnitude of a varying quantity. It is especially useful when variates are positive and negative, e.g., sinusoids.It… …

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  • 17Root mean square fluctuation — The mean square fluctuation (MSF) is a measure of the deviation between the position of particle i and some reference position. MSF=frac{1}{T}sum {t j=1}^{T}(x i(t j) ilde{x} i)^2,where T is the time over which one wants to average, and ilde{x} i …

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  • 18Mean — Mean, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See {Mid}.] 1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes. [1913 Webster] Being of middle age and a mean… …

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  • 19Mean distance — Mean Mean, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See {Mid}.] 1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes. [1913 Webster] Being of middle age and a… …

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  • 20Mean error — Mean Mean, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See {Mid}.] 1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes. [1913 Webster] Being of middle age and a… …

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