harmonic mean

/hɑrˌmɑnɪk min/
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Definitions of harmonic mean
  1. noun
    the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers
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    type of:
    mean, mean value
    an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
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