to mean well

  • 61well-endowed — 1) ADJ GRADED If someone says that a woman is well endowed, they mean that she has large breasts. If someone says that a man is well endowed, they mean that he has a large penis. People often use this expression if they are trying to be polite. I …

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  • 62mean — I [[t]min[/t]] v. meant, mean•ing 1) to have in mind as one s purpose or intention; intend 2) to intend for a particular destiny: They were meant for each other[/ex] 3) to intend to express or indicate: What do you mean by “perfect”?[/ex] 4) to… …

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  • 63mean — I. /min / (say meen) verb (meant /mɛnt/ (say ment), meaning) –verb (t) 1. to have in the mind as in intention or purpose (often with an infinitive as object): I mean to talk to her. 2. to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: his… …

  • 64Mean lifetime — Given an assembly of elements, the number of which decreases ultimately to zero, the lifetime (also called the mean lifetime) is a certain number that characterizes the rate of reduction ( decay ) of the assembly. Specifically, if the individual… …

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  • 65Mean absolute error — In statistics, the mean absolute error (MAE) is a quantity used to measure how close forecasts or predictions are to the eventual outcomes. The mean absolute error is given by As the name suggests, the mean absolute error is an average of the… …

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  • 66well-balanced — also well balanced 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as well balanced, you mean that they are sensible and do not have many emotional problems. ...a fun loving, well balanced individual. Syn: stable 2) ADJ GRADED If you describe something… …

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  • 67Mean signed difference — In statistics, the mean signed difference (MSD), also known as mean signed error (MSE), is a sample statistic that summarises how well an estimator matches the quantity θ that it is supposed to estimate. It is one of a number of statistics that… …

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  • 68Mean solar day — Day Day (d[=a]), n. [OE. day, dai, dei, AS. d[ae]g; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G. tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. [root]69. Cf. {Dawn}.] 1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the …

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  • 69Mean absolute scaled error — In statistics, the mean absolute scaled error (MASE) is a measure of the accuracy of forecasts . It was proposed in 2006 by Australian statistician Rob Hyndman, who described it as a generally applicable measurement of forecast accuracy without… …

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  • 70well — I UK [wel] / US adverb Word forms well : comparative better UK [ˈbetə(r)] / US [ˈbetər] superlative best UK [best] / US *** Collocations: Well is used for making many compound adjectives (=formed from two or more words). In this dictionary, these …

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