Mean power
Mean power (of a radio transmitter)
The power supplied to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter during normal operation, averaged over a time sufficiently long compared with the period of the lowest frequency encountered in the modulation. A time of 1/10 second during which the mean power is greatest will be selected normally.
Reference: I.T.U.
Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)
