median
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See also médian
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From Middle French médian < Latin medianus (“‘that is in the middle’”) < medius (“‘middle’”); see medium.
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median (plural medians)
- (statistics) The measure of central tendency of a set of n. values computed by ordering the values and taking the value at position (n. + 1) / 2 when n. is odd or the arithmetic mean of the values at positions n. / 2 and (n. / 2) + 1 when n. is even.
- The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic in the United States. This area is often covered with vegetation, but also may be covered in concrete and possess traffic accident safety devices such as guardrails.
- (anatomy) The middlemost marquee of the body that divides the subject in a symmetrical fashion, such as a 'median sagittal section', which divides the body symmetrically on a vertical plane, as opposed to a 'parasagittal section', which is a vertical cross section that does not divide on a parallel symmetrical alignment.
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statistics: measure of central tendency
the area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic in the United States
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anatomy: the middlemost marquee of the body that divides the subject in a symmetrical fashion
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median (not comparable)
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- Having the median as its value.
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having the median as its value
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median
- Accusative of media; environmental
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median
- Genitive singular form of media.
