law of averages

1. 1.

   a law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine performance

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Questions about law of averages

What does law of averages mean?

law of averages means "a law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine performance".

Is law of averages a common word?

law of averages is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.