root mean square

English

Noun

root mean square (plural root mean squares)

1. (mathematics, often attributive) The square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of a set of numbers or values.

   Synonyms: quadratic mean, (initialism) RMS, (initialism) rms

   root mean square voltage

Derived terms

• root mean square velocity

Translations

type of average

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 均方根 (jūnfānggēn), 方均根 (fāngjūngēn)

• Czech: kvadratický průměr m
• Finnish: neliöllinen keskiarvo (fi), neliökeskiarvo (fi), tehollisarvo (fi)
• French: moyenne quadratique (fr)
• German: quadratisches Mittel n
• Hungarian: négyzetes közép
• Icelandic: ferningsmeðaltal n
• Italian: media quadratica
• Polish: średnia kwadratowa f
• Russian: сре́днее квадрати́ческое n (srédneje kvadratíčeskoje), сре́днее квадрати́чное n (srédneje kvadratíčnoje)
• Serbo-Croatian: kvadratna sredina f
• Spanish: media cuadrática f
• Tagalog: dawaking tamtaman