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median

me·dian

UK/ˈmiːdɪən/ US/ˈmi.di.ən/ rare archaic obsolete us
adjective (3) noun (1)

adjective

1.

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set)

  • “the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20”
  • “the median income for the year was $15,000”
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2.

dividing an animal into right and left halves

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3.

relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle

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noun

1.

the value below which 50% of the cases fall

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French median, from Latin mediānus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Doublet of mean and mizzen. Cognate with Old English midde, middel (“middle”). More at middle.

Phrases

  • anterior median fissure
  • median age
  • median effective time
  • median egret
  • median eminence
  • median lethal time
  • median line
  • median plane

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