The Mean Arithmetic mean. The symbol for Standard Deviation is s the Greek letter sigma. Deviation just means how far from the normal.
The mean of a probability distribution is the long-run arithmetic average value of a random variable having that distribution.
You might like to read this simpler page on Standard Deviation first. Mean free path is given by. L frack Tsqrt2 pi sigma2 p where s diameter of the molecule p pressure of the gas T temperature and k Boltzmanns constant. X i a deviation of ith class.