the square root of the average of the squares of a set of numbers or quantities
the root mean square of 1, 2, and 4 is √[(12 + 22 + 42)/3] = √7
Abbreviation: rms
root mean square in American English
Statistics
the value of a quantity or the effective value of a periodic quantity, as a current, equal to the square root of the average (arithmetic mean) of the squares of a set of values