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Average vs. Standard — What's the Difference?

Average vs. Standard — What's the Difference?

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Average

In colloquial language, an average is a single number taken as representative of a non-empty list of numbers. Different concepts of average are used in different contexts.

Standard

A level of quality or attainment
The government's ambition to raise standards in schools
Their restaurant offers a high standard of service

Average

A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number
The proportion of over-60s is above the EU average of 19 per cent

Standard

Something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations
The wages are low by today's standards
The system had become an industry standard

Average

The apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo.
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Standard

(especially with reference to jazz or blues) a tune or song of established popularity.

Average

Constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts
The average temperature in May was 4°C below normal

Standard

A military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope.

Average

Amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time; mean
Annual inflation averaged 2.4 per cent

Standard

A tree or shrub that grows on an erect stem of full height.

Average

A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function.

Standard

An upright water or gas pipe.

Average

See arithmetic mean.

Standard

Used or accepted as normal or average
It is standard practice in museums to register objects as they are acquired
The standard rate of income tax

Average

An intermediate level or degree
Near the average in size.

Standard

(of a tree or shrub) growing on an erect stem of full height
Standard trees are useful for situations where immediate height is needed

Average

The usual or ordinary kind or quality
Although the wines vary, the average is quite good.

Standard

Serving as or conforming to an established or accepted measurement or value
A standard unit of volume.

Average

(Sports)The ratio of a team's or player's successful performances such as wins, hits, or goals, divided by total opportunities for successful performance, such as games, times at bat, or shots
Finished the season with a .500 average.
A batting average of .274.

Standard

Widely recognized or employed as a model of authority or excellence
A standard reference work.

Average

The loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea.

Standard

Acceptable but of less than top quality
A standard grade of beef.

Average

The incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea.

Standard

Normal, familiar, or usual
The standard excuse.

Average

The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.

Standard

Commonly used or supplied
Standard car equipment.

Average

A charge incurred through such a loss.

Standard

(Linguistics) Conforming to models or norms of usage admired by educated speakers and writers
Standard pronunciation.

Average

(Nautical)Small expenses or charges that are usually paid by the master of a ship.

Standard

An acknowledged measure of comparison for quantitative or qualitative value; a criterion.

Average

(Mathematics)Of, relating to, or constituting an average.

Standard

An object that under specified conditions defines, represents, or records the magnitude of a unit.

Average

Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale
A movie of average length.
A player of average ability.

Standard

The commodity or commodities used to back a monetary system.

Average

Usual or ordinary in kind or character
A poll of average people.
Average eyesight.

Standard

The set proportion by weight of gold or silver to alloy metal prescribed for use in coinage.

Average

Assessed in accordance with the law of averages.

Standard

A degree or level of requirement, excellence, or attainment
Their quality of work exceeds the standards set for the field.

Average

(Mathematics)To calculate the average of
Average a set of numbers.

Standard

Something, such as a practice or a product, that is widely recognized or employed, especially because of its excellence.

Average

To do or have an average of
Averaged three hours of work a day.

Standard

A set of specifications that are adopted within an industry to allow compatibility between products.

Average

To distribute proportionately
Average one's income over four years so as to minimize the tax rate.

Standard

A requirement of moral conduct
The standards of polite society.

Average

To be or amount to an average
Some sparrows are six inches long, but they average smaller. Our expenses averaged out to 45 dollars per day.

Standard

The ensign of a chief of state, nation, or city.

Average

(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
2=The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.

Standard

A long, tapering flag bearing heraldic devices distinctive of a person or corporation.

Average

(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.

Standard

An emblem or flag of an army, raised on a pole to indicate the rallying point in battle.

Average

Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.

Standard

The colors of a mounted or motorized military unit.

Average

Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.

Standard

Chiefly British A grade level in elementary schools.

Average

Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.

Standard

A pedestal, stand, or base.

Average

(sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
Batting average

Standard

The large upper petal of the flower of a pea or related plant. Also called banner, vexillum.

Average

In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

Standard

One of the narrow upright petals of an iris.

Average

The service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.

Standard

A shrub or small tree that through grafting or training has a single stem of limited height with a crown of leaves and flowers at its apex.

Average

(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
The average age of the participants was 18.5.

Standard

(Music) A composition that is continually used in repertoires
A pianist who knew dozens of Broadway standards.

Average

Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
I soon found I was only an average chess player.

Standard

Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.

Average

Typical.
The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.

Standard

(of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.

Average

(informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.

Standard

Having recognized excellence or authority.
Standard works in history; standard authors

Average

(transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
If you average 10, 20 and 24, you get 18.

Standard

Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.

Average

(transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
The daily high temperature last month averaged 15°C.
I averaged 75% in my examinations this year.

Standard

Having a manual transmission.

Average

(transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
To average a loss

Standard

As normally supplied (not optional).

Average

(intransitive) To be, generally or on average.

Standard

(linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.

Average

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

Standard

A principle or example or measure used for comparison.

Average

A tariff or duty on goods, etc.

Standard

A level of quality or attainment.

Average

A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.

Standard

Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.

Average

Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.

Standard

A musical work of established popularity.

Average

In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

Standard

A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.

Average

Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.

Standard

The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.

Average

According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.

Standard

(sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language

Average

To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.

Standard

A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.

Average

To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.

Standard

(India) Grade level in primary education.
I am in fifth standard.

Average

To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.

Standard

A vertical pole with something at its apex.

Average

To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length.

Standard

An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.

Average

A statistic describing the location of a distribution;
It set the norm for American homes

Standard

The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.

Average

Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain;
The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40

Standard

One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.

Average

Achieve or reach on average;
He averaged a C

Standard

Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.

Average

Compute the average of

Standard

A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.

Average

Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;
The average income in New England is below that of the nation
Of average height for his age
The mean annual rainfall

Standard

A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.

Average

Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered;
Average people
The ordinary (or common) man in the street

Standard

The sheth of a plough.

Average

Of no exceptional quality or ability;
A novel of average merit
Only a fair performance of the sonata
In fair health
The caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
The performance was middling at best

Standard

A manual transmission vehicle.

Average

Around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;
An orange of average size
Intermediate capacity
A plane with intermediate range
Medium bombers

Standard

(botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

Average

Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution;
The modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30

Standard

(shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.

Average

Relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set);
The median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20
The median income for the year was $15,000

Standard

A large drinking cup.

Standard

(historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.

Standard

(slang) An expression of agreement

Standard

A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
His armies, in the following day,On those fair plains their standards proud display.

Standard

That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.

Standard

That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
The court, which used to be the standard of propriety and correctness of speech.
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

Standard

The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver.

Standard

A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
In France part of their gardens is laid out for flowers, others for fruits; some standards, some against walls.

Standard

The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

Standard

An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.

Standard

An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.

Standard

The sheth of a plow.

Standard

A large drinking cup.

Standard

Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.

Standard

Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.

Standard

Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.

Standard

A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
They set the measure for all subsequent work

Standard

The ideal in terms of which something can be judged;
They live by the standards of their community

Standard

A board measure = 1980 board feet

Standard

The value behind the money in a monetary system

Standard

An upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support);
Distance was marked by standards every mile
Lamps supported on standards provided illumination

Standard

Any distinctive flag

Standard

Conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind;
Windows of standard width
Standard sizes
The standard fixtures
Standard brands
Standard operating procedure

Standard

Commonly used or supplied;
Standard procedure
Standard car equipment

Standard

Established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence;
A standard reference work

Standard

Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers;
Standard English
Received standard English is sometimes called the King's English

Standard

Regularly and widely used or sold;
A standard size
A stock item

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