averaging
平均化する
解説 Definition
averaging は average（平均化する、平均を出す）の現在分詞・動名詞です。複数の数値をならして平均値を求めたり、平均として一定の値になることを表します。
The present participle or gerund of average, meaning the process of calculating or combining several numerical values to obtain their arithmetic mean. It can also describe maintaining or amounting to a particular mean value over time.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 average に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e を落とさずそのまま averaging とする。average the scores「得点の平均を出す」のように、複数の値を足して個数で割り、ばらつきを一つの代表値にならす場面を核に覚える。
Connect averaging to the base word average and picture several different numbers being smoothed into one representative value. A program may be averaging test scores by adding them and dividing by the number of scores. The spelling is straightforward: keep the final e of average and add -ing, producing averaging, not “averagging.” It can appear in a continuous verb form, such as “is averaging the results,” or as a gerund, as in “Averaging the temperatures gives a clearer picture.” It may also describe reaching a mean rate over time.
例文
The program is averaging the test scores.
そのプログラムはテストの点数を平均化しています。
We are averaging the results from three surveys.
私たちは3つの調査結果を平均化しています。
Averaging the daily temperatures gives a clearer picture.
毎日の気温を平均化すると、よりはっきりした傾向が見えます。
averaging の類義語・関連語
averaging の語源・成り立ち Etymology
動詞averageの現在分詞形。averageはアラビア語ʿawārīya（海損品）から古仏語avarieを経て英語に入った。元は海上貿易で損害を均等に分担する意味。関連語にaverage（平均）、avaria（海損）。損害の均等配分が「平均」の概念に発展した。
Averaging is the -ing form of the verb average. Average entered English through words used in medieval maritime trade for damaged goods and the shared financial loss arising from them, with a history commonly traced through French and Italian to Arabic ʿawār. The idea of distributing a loss proportionally contributed to the later mathematical sense of finding a representative mean. Modern averaging refers to calculating or producing such a mean from multiple values.
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