Usually means: Average reversion over repeated trials.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Regression toward the mean)

noun:  Alternative form of regression to the mean. [(statistics) The phenomenon by which extreme examples from any set of data are likely to be followed by examples which are less extreme; a tendency towards the average of any sample. For example, the offspring of two very tall individuals tend to be tall, but closer to the average (mean) than either of their parents.]

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