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Noun: harmonic mean  haa(r)'mó-nik meen
  1. (statistics) the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers
    "The harmonic mean is useful for averaging rates or speeds"

Derived forms: harmonic means

Type of: average, mean, mean value

Encyclopedia: Harmonic mean