Bar and bat mitzvah mean, literally, son and daughter of the commandment.. Bat mitzvah is Hebrew, while bar mitzvah, historically a much earlier ceremony, is Aramaic. The word bar is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew ben (son of) .
In math, the mean is the average of a set of numbers. To determine the mean, add all numbers in a set and take this answer and divide it by how many numbers are in the set. Continue Reading.
The usual or standard state or manner of something. This word has a somewhat more technical meaning in mathematics. Two formulas such as 9 + x and x + 9 are said to be equivalent because they mean the same thing, but the second one is in canonical form because it is written in the usual way, with the highest power of x first.