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Definitions for Median
[1] Arithmetic , Statistics . the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers: 4 is the median of 1, 3, 4, 8, 9.
[2] Geometry . a straight line from a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.
[3] Also called midpoint. a vertical line that divides a histogram into two equal parts. Compare central tendency.
[4] median strip.
[5] Statistics . relating to the value in the center of the distribution for an array of data: the median income of American households.
[6] noting or relating to a plane dividing something into two equal parts, especially one dividing an animal into right and left halves.
[7] situated in or relating to the middle; medial.
[8] of or relating to Media, the Medes, or their language.
[9] a Mede.
[10] the Iranian language of ancient Media, contemporaneous with Old Persian.
[11] of, relating to, situated in, or directed towards the middle
[12] biology of or relating to the plane that divides an organism or organ into symmetrical parts
[13] statistics of or relating to the median
[14] a middle point, plane, or part
[15] geometry a straight line joining one vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side See also centroid a straight line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezium
[16] statistics the middle value in a frequency distribution, below and above which lie values with equal total frequencies
[17] statistics the middle number or average of the two middle numbers in an ordered sequence of numbers 7 is the median of both 1, 7, 31 and 2, 5, 9, l6
[18] Also called: (chiefly Brit) central reservation Canadian the strip, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a highway
Words related to Median
par, central, center, average, midpoint, midway, intermediate, intermediary, mean, equidistant, halfway, medial, mid, middlemost, midmost
Words nearby Median
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Origin of Median
First recorded in 1595–1605; Medi(a) + -an
Words that may be confused with Median
mean, median, media, median, medium, mediums
Other words from Median
me·di·an·ly , adverb
post·me·di·an , adjective
pre·me·di·an , noun, adjective
sub·me·di·an , adjective
Word origin for Median
C16: from Latin mediānus, from medius middle
Synonyms for Median
average, center, central, intermediary, intermediate, mean, midpoint, midway, par, centermost, equidistant, halfway, medial, mid, middlemost, midmost