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mean, mean, mien
mean (MEEN) (adjective)
1. Humble, possibly shabby: Patricia's very modest and mean accommodations were small and clean.
2. Repellent, selfish, petty; bad-tempered, vicious, unmanageable: Dale's mean arrogance resulted in his brother leaving without saying a word.
3. Pertaining to the middle position, halfway between extremes: Sean noticed that he was in the mean position in the lineup to buy tickets for the movie.
mean (MEEN) (verb)
To intend, to propose, to have in mind: Luisa said, "I mean to go to New York City sometime."
mien (MEEN) (noun)
The impression a person presents to others as to behavior or looks; especially, when it seems to reveal an inner state of mind: Fay's outward mien was calm and focused despite all of the pressures to complete her assignment.

Ingrid's mien was very elegant despite her rather mean beginnings. At times, she felt as if she were in the mean between two cultures.

Dena once said, "I mean to go to the big city to live with other educated and refined people."

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group M; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 3)
Graveyard words for a greater understanding of epitaphs
(when visiting old graveyards and examining the epitaphs on gravestones, there are certain words and phrases which could be difficult or impossible to understand without knowing what the words in this unit mean)
Misleading Meanings of English Words
(words that don't mean what they look like or what many people assume that they should mean)
Sesquipedalia or Sesquipedalians: Foot and a Half Long Words, Section One
(obscure verbal usages that challenge your comprehension as to what they mean)
Sesquipedalia or Sesquipedalians: Foot and a Half Long Words, Section Two
(obscure verbal usages that challenge our comprehension as to what they mean)
Word Entries at Get Words containing the term: “mean”
root mean square; RMS
The square root of the average square of the instantaneous values of an ac output.

For a sine wave the root mean square value is 0.707 times the peak value. The equivalent value of alternating current, I, that will produce the same heating in a conductor with resistance, R, as a dc current of value I.

This entry is located in the following unit: Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms + (page 18)