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Root Mean Square

What does rms actually mean?

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GG16
It is best to proceed by example. Consider a set of numbers 3, 4, 6. Take their squares to give 9, 16, 36. Now take the mean of this, which is 20.3. Then the root mean square is the square root of 20.3, which is 4.5. You're taking the square Root of the Mean of the Squared numbers.

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