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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)

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Term No.Term Name/Term DescriptionAction
107
Consecutive average, Moving average, or Consecutive mean
The mean of a small group of consecutive values, especially annual means, assigned to the middle time-term of the group in the process of smoothing, e.g. 5-year mean......
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113
Weighted average, or Weighted mean
An average of quantities that attaches a series of weights to it in order to make proper allowance for their relative importance. A value obtained by multiplying each of a series of values by its assigned weight and dividing the sum of those products by the sum of the weights. For example, a weighted arithmetic mean of x1, x2 ... xn with weights w1.....
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268
Moving average method of fit
The averaging at the central year of a series of overlapping means to smooth out, or damp down, undue high and low, short-term values. Hence, the `moving average fit`. (See also 279)......
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278
Mean consecutive
The mean of a small group of consecutive values, especially annual means, assigned to the middle time-term of the group, in the process of `smoothing`......
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279
Moving average
If a time series is x1,x2,...xn , and these are chosen set of weight
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6257
Moving-boat method
Method of measuring discharge from a boat by traversing the stream along the measuring section whilst continuously measuring velocity, depth and distance travelled......
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