dose. n. 1. (Pharmacology) med a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals. 2. something unpleasant to experience: a dose of influenza.ose. 1. a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time. 2. an intense and often disagreeable experience: a dose of bad luck. 3. an amount of sugar solution added in the production of sparkling wine.
This section defines the three most common measures of central tendency: the mean, the median, and the mode. The relationships among these measures of central tendency and the definitions given in the previous section will probably not be obvious to you.
Such a number is called a. measure of central tendency. The most commonly used measures are as follows. 1. The mean, or average, of numbers is the sum of the numbers divided by . 2. The median of numbers is the middle number when the numbers are writ-. ten in order.