averaging out
Finding the middle
Averaging out describes a process where variations balance over time or across instances, yielding a middle value.
Short-term fluctuations matter less because highs offset lows: The commute averages out to about forty minutes.
In investing, averaging out means selling shares in increments rather than all at once.
It all averages out in the end expresses faith that things will balance eventually.
- evenUniform and level
- smoothingReducing irregularities systematically
- smoothing overMinimizing apparent discord
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- balancing actManaging multiple competing priorities
mean · normalization · law of large numbers · long run · equilibrium · standard deviation · variance · arithmetic mean · mode · regression to the mean · equal · level · median · evening out · fairness · splitting the difference · middle ground · blend
averaging outdiverging
Separating from a common point
polarizing · skewing · biasing · fat-tailed
averaging outcompounding
Elements merging progressively
amplifying · snowballing · spiraling · escalating · intensifying
averaging outaccumulating
Gathering in increasing quantity
compounding · reinforcing · cascading · magnifying · spiraling