ALL meanings of moving average
mov·ing av·er·age
M m - noun moving average statistical mean 1
- noun moving average one of a succession of averages of data from a time series, where each average is calculated by successively shifting the interval by the same period of time. 1
- noun moving average (of a sequence of values) a derived sequence of the averages of successive subsequences of a given number of members, often used in time series to even out short-term fluctuations and make a trend clearer 0