median (redirected from Medians)

me·di·an  (md-n)

adj.

1. Relating to, located in, or extending toward the middle.

2. Anatomy Of, relating to, or situated in or near the plane that divides a bilaterally symmetrical animal into right and left halves; mesial.

3. Statistics Relating to or constituting the middle value in a distribution.

n.

1.

a. A median point, plane, line, or part.

b. See median strip. See Regional Note at neutral ground.

2. Statistics The middle value in a distribution, above and below which lie an equal number of values.

3. Mathematics

a. A line that joins a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.

b. The line that joins the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezoid.

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[Latin medinus, from medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]

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medi·an·ly adv.

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median

Noun

1. a middle point, plane, or part

2. Geom a straight line joining one corner of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side

3. Statistics the middle value in a frequency distribution, below and above which lie values with equal total frequencies [Latin medius middle]

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median  (md-n)

1. In a sequence of numbers arranged from smallest to largest:

a. The middle number, when such a sequence has an odd number of values. For example, in the sequence 3, 4, 14, 35, 280, the median is 14.

b. The average of the two middle numbers, when such a sequence has an even number of values. For example, in the sequence 4, 8, 10, 56, the median is 9 (the average of 8 and 10). Compare arithmetic meanaveragemode

2. A line joining a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	median - the value below which 50% of the cases fall median value statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters average, norm - a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"
Adj.	1.	median - relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000" average statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
	2.	median - dividing an animal into right and left halves medial mesial - being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body
	3.	median - relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle medial central - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"

Translations

median [ˈmiːdɪən] n (US) (also: median strip) → mediana

median [ˈmiːdɪən] n (US) (also: median strip) → bande médiane

median [ˈmiːdɪən] (US) n (also: median strip) → Mittelstreifen m

median [ˈmiːdɪən] n (US) (also: median strip) → banchina f spartitraffico inv