{
  "id": "average.statistical",
  "term": "average",
  "sense": "statistical",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 9,
  "arena": "average",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "the portion each of a group receives when the numbers are added and then shared per each",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "add.operation",
      "number.quantity",
      "portion.share",
      "per.ratio",
      "groups.collection",
      "share.distribution",
      "receive.communication",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "add.operation combines the numbers into a total, and per.ratio together with portion.share distributes that total equally among each member of the group",
    "novel_properties": [
      "equal distribution over countable units",
      "computed fairness in allocation",
      "temporal sequence of summation and division"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The average temperature in Death Valley was 38°C in 2023, calculated from daily highs and lows recorded at Furnace Creek.",
      "domain": "meteorology"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2020, the U.S. Census reported the average household size as 2.6 people, derived from 126 million households.",
      "domain": "demographics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The LHC at CERN processes 40 million collisions per second, averaging 23 interactions per proton bunch crossing.",
      "domain": "physics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "number.quantity",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "average",
    "averaged",
    "averages",
    "averaging"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added 'time.dimension' to components as required by definition's implication of sequence (summation before distribution). Definition remains unchanged as it is correct and precise. Interaction and nov"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-average.statistical"
}