median

IPA: mˈidiʌn

noun

  • (anatomy, now rare) A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm.
  • (geometry) A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
  • (statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.
  • (US) The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic; the median strip.
  • A Mede.
  • The northwestern Old Iranian language of the Medes, attested only by numerous loanwords in Old Persian, few borrowings in Old Armenian and some glosses in Ancient Greek; nothing is known of its grammar.

adjective

  • (anatomy) Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something).
  • (anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.
  • (statistics) Having the median as its value.
  • Relating to Media or Medes.
  • (obsolete) Of laws, rules etc.: unchanging, invariable.
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