# average (statistical)

the portion each of a group receives when the numbers are added and then shared per each

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: average

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [add](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-add.operation), [number](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-number.quantity), [portion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-portion.share), [per](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-per.ratio), [groups](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-groups.collection), [share](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-share.distribution), [receive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-receive.communication), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** 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
- The average temperature in Death Valley was 38°C in 2023, calculated from daily highs and lows recorded at Furnace Creek. *(meteorology)*
- In 2020, the U.S. Census reported the average household size as 2.6 people, derived from 126 million households. *(demographics)*
- The LHC at CERN processes 40 million collisions per second, averaging 23 interactions per proton bunch crossing. *(physics)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-average.statistical*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-average.statistical.json*  
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