Harmonic-mean
noun, Statistics.
1.
the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers.
noun
1.
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 = 36/13
harmonic mean har·mon·ic mean (här-mŏn’ĭk)
n.
The reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a specified set of numbers.
harmonic mean
The reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a specified set of numbers.
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