harmonic mean

noun Statistics.

1. the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers.

noun

1. the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of specified numbers: the harmonic mean of 2, 3, and 4 is 3(1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4) –1 = 3 6/13

n.

1. The reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a specified set of numbers.

1. The reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a specified set of numbers.