The term " arithmetic mean " is preferred in mathematics and statistics because it helps distinguish it from other means such as the geometric and harmonic mean.

In calculus, this picture also gives a geometric proof of the derivative if one sets and interpreting b as an infinitesimal change in a, then this picture shows the infinitesimal change in the volume of an n-dimensional hypercube, where the coefficient of the linear term ( in ) is the area of the n faces, each of dimension

It is sometimes used as a synonym for general stereoisomerism ( e. g., optical isomerism being called geometric isomerism ); the correct term for non-optical stereoisomerism is diastereomerism.

In 1878, the year before his death, Clifford expanded upon Grassmann's Ausdehnungslehre to form what are now usually called Clifford algebras in his honor although Clifford himself chose to call them " geometric algebras " and this term was repopularized by Hestenes in the 1960s.

The term weighted average usually refers to a weighted arithmetic mean, but weighted versions of other means can also be calculated, such as the weighted geometric mean and the weighted harmonic mean.

The term coaxial comes from the inner conductor and the outer shield sharing a geometric axis.

Patterned ground is a term used to describe the distinct, and often symmetrical geometric shapes formed by ground material in periglacial regions.

This geometric fact accounts for the term " cyclotomic " in such phrases as cyclotomic field and cyclotomic polynomial ; it is from the Greek roots " cyclo " ( circle ) plus " tomos " ( cut, divide ).

* Nadir, an astronomical / geometric term

The term geometric primitive in computer graphics and CAD systems is used in various senses, with the common meaning of the simplest ( i. e. ' atomic ' or irreducible ) geometric objects that the system can handle ( draw, store ).

The term has also been used to describe geometric abstract art where simple elements are repeated, transformed, or varied to generate more complex forms.

The term localization originates in algebraic geometry: if R is a ring of functions defined on some geometric object ( algebraic variety ) V, and one wants to study this variety " locally " near a point p, then one considers the set S of all functions which are not zero at p and localizes R with respect to S. The resulting ring R * contains only information about the behavior of V near p. Cf.

* Pishtaq is the formal gateway to the iwan, usually the main prayer hall of a mosque, a vaulted hall or space, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open ; a Persian term for a portal projecting from the facade of a building, usually decorated with calligraphy bands, glazed tilework, and geometric designs.

The term solid relates to the Cubist-influenced geometric structure, an insight prompted by the epigraph from Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger ’ s Du Cubisme ( 1912 ).

The term came into broader use after Alloway used it to describe contemporary American geometric abstract painting featuring " economy of form ," " fullness of color ," " neatness of surface ," and the nonrelational arrangement of forms on the canvas.

Topiary is the horticultural practice of training live perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, perhaps geometric or fanciful ; the term also refers to plants which have been shaped in this way.

In mathematics, an annulus ( the Latin word for " little ring ", with plural annuli ) is a ring-shaped geometric figure, or more generally, a term used to name a ring-shaped object.

Book IX, Proposition 35, proves that in a geometric series if the first term is subtracted from the second and last term in the sequence then as the excess of the second is to the first, so will the excess of the last be to all of those before it.

In mathematics, ramification is a geometric term used for ' branching out ', in the way that the square root function, for complex numbers, can be seen to have two branches differing in sign.

In an earlier ( 1931 ) work referring to Invariance, the term is given as an attribute of scalar or vector quantities of physical or geometric nature that should remain unchanged with change of coordinate system.

In geometric function theory, unqualified use of the term branch point typically means the former more restrictive kind: the algebraic branch points.

The imaginary term is a symplectic form, it is the Berry phase or geometric phase.

It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.

So in these pages the term `` technology '' is used to include any and all means which could amplify, project, or augment man's control over himself and over other men.

It is of the utmost importance to the people of America and of the world how their governing President `` ends up '' during the four years of his term.

Only when that term is ended and he is a private citizen again can he be permitted the freedom and the courage to discount the dangers of his death.

`` I may possibly be a greater risk than is the normal person of my age '', the President had said on February 29th of the election year, ignoring the fact that no one of his age had ever lived out another term.

Let us not confuse the issue by labeling the objective or the method `` psychoanalytic '', for this is a well established term of art for the specific ideas and procedures initiated by Sigmund Freud and his followers for the study and treatment of disordered personalities.

Mr. Wagner might or might not be a `` new '' Mayor in this third term, now that he is free of the pressure of those party leaders whom he calls `` bosses ''.

This is done at varying speeds, ranging from the slow and fast Shifte Telli ( a musical term meaning double strings ) to the fastest, ecstatic Karshilama ( meaning greetings or welcome ).

the term of loans for working capital is 6 years.

Interim financing of construction costs is provided by a short term loan from The Chase Manhattan Bank.

For the near term, however, it must be realized that the industrial and commercial market is somewhat more sensitive to general business conditions than is the military market, and for this reason I would expect that any gain in 1961 may be somewhat smaller than those of recent years ; ;

If you would feel happier with full collision insurance, there is a small additional charge, again varying from country to country and depending on the term of such insurance.

The collective by which I address you in the title above is neither patronizing nor jocose but an exact industrial term in use among professional thieves.

for, using the fact that N and N' commute Af and so when R is sufficiently large every term in this expression for Af will be 0.

The only other one I shall mention here is his use of the term capitalism.

This is not, however, the case, and development is a term which we can apply to Hardy only in a very limited sense.

`` Disaffiliation '', by the way, is the term used by the critic and poet, Lawrence Lipton, who has written several articles on this subject, the first of which, in The Nation, quoted as Epigraph: `` We disaffiliate.

This term refers to the ability of a material to resist bending stress and is determined by measuring the load required to cause failure by bending.

Incumbent Richard Salter seeks re-election and is opposed by Donald Huffman for the five-year term.

The term " anthropology " is from the Greek anthrōpos (), " man ", understood to mean humankind or humanity, and-logia (- λογία ), " discourse " or " study.

In some European countries, all cultural anthropology is known as ethnology ( a term coined and defined by Adam F. Kollár in 1783 ).

As amoebas themselves are polyphyletic and subject to some imprecision in definition, the term " amoeboid " does not provide identification of an organism, and is better understood as description of locomotion.