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Major Span: Distance between supports
on 4 point bend.
Maximum Force: The point of highest force
(Fm).
Mean: A way of finding the 'middle' of
a set of data; the ordinary or 'arithmetic' meanis found
by adding up all the values and dividing the total by the
number of values.
Mean Force: The sum of all force data
divided by the number of data points.
Median: The median of a set of data is
one way of finding the 'middle' of the data. To findthe
median, put all the data in a list in order of size, and
pick the piece of datawhich is half way through the list.
If there is an even number of values, the medianis half
way between the middle pair of values.
Metric: Of or pertaining to the metre
as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal
system of measurement of which a metre is the unit; as,
the metric system; a metric measurement.
Minor Span: Distance between loading points
on 4 point bend.
