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arithmetical
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adjective
(= arithmetic)
relating to or involving arithmetic
arithmetical computations
mean
Verb
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A word means something when the word expresses the same idea as the other something.
Slay means kill. Both of them mean to make dead.
mean
Adjective
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When you are a mean person, you are not nice.
The boys who hit you were very mean.
mean
Noun
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The mean is a measure of the average of a list of numbers. The sum total of the numbers divided by how many numbers in the list.
The mean of the numbers 2,3,4 is 3. (2+3+4)/3 = 9/3 = 3.
deviation
Noun
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A deviation is difference or movement away from a standard.
They insist that there must be no deviation from that style.
Any deviations from the contract would have to be agreed by both parties.
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A deviation is the difference between a number and the average of a set of values.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
profile
Noun
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A profile is a short biographical description of a person.
Because it was known that the serial killer was a European adult male, the police used that profile to exclude all women, children, and racial minorities from their list of suspects.
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A profile is a picture of a person.
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A profile is the most visible parts of an object.
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A profile is a person's head, being viewed from the side.
profile
Verb
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If somebody like the police or government profiles a person, they make judgements about them based on identifiable characteristics.
Unfortunately, racial profiling causes problems for for Middle Eastern men when they fly.