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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a first average" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an initial calculation of an average value in a series of data or measurements.
Example: "After collecting the data for the first quarter, we calculated a first average to assess our performance."
Alternatives: "an initial average" or "a preliminary average".
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The "Physician-diagnosed Skin Photo-Type" system (PSPT) [ 33] was used, asking for the participants' skin responses after a first average sun exposure.
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Schumacher started on the pole today and won by more than half a second, averaging 140.4 miles an hour over the 190.476 miles in the 44-lap race.
In addition, the average exposures presented by Rosenman et al. (2005) in their tables are the result of a second averaging by whole year and finally a third averaging by years of work.
In a first step, average within-class expression profiles, so called "centroids", are calculated for all sample classes.
In a second approach, we first averaged the ratings per song.
It's less than a third of average for this time of year and a sixth of the average peak snow pack.
Last year's rainfall was nearly a third below average.
Alumina, the main ingredient in aluminum, almost tripled to a second-quarter average of $457.92.
In the busy Paris region, services were down to a third on average.
As well as lowering tenants' energy bills by a third on average, the scheme has saved the NHS substantial sums.
Federal worker salaries trail those of similar private-sector employees by nearly a third on average, according to the Federal Salary Council.
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