Mean(superl.)
- Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.
Mean(a.)
- Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
Mean(a.)
- Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
Mean(a.)
- Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
Mean(n.)
- That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
Mean(n.)
- A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.
Mean(n.)
- That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.
Mean(n.)
- Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.
Mean(n.)
- A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.