Átlagolják

Átlagolják is a Hungarian verb form derived from átlagolni, meaning to compute the arithmetic mean or to smooth data. The form can function in two ways: as the third person plural present tense of the active verb (ők átlagolják …, they average …), or as a passive-like construction where the agent is unspecified and the data are described as being averaged (the numbers are averaged).

The base noun related to the verb is átlag, meaning mean or average, and the related noun átlagolás refers to the act of averaging. In technical contexts, átlagolás is also used for smoothing data, for example through moving average methods.

Common usage contexts include statistics, scientific reporting, and data processing. In these fields, researchers may say that they átlagolják adatokat to obtain an average value, or to reduce variability in a time series. In signal processing, the term is closely linked to smoothing techniques such as the moving average, often referred to in Hungarian as mozgóátlag, a specific form of átlagolás.

Examples:

- A kutatók az adatsorokat átlagolják, hogy meghatározzák az átlagértéket. (The researchers average the data series to determine the average value.)

- A képfeldolgozásban mozgóátlagot használnak az élsimításra, az átlagolás pedig csökkenti a zajt. (In image processing, a moving average is used for smoothing; averaging reduces noise.)

Note that átlagolják can be ambiguous without context, since it may indicate either active averaging by a subject or a passive description of data being averaged. See also: átlag, átlagolás, mozgóátlag.

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