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.
Geometry. a straight line from a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.
Also called midpoint . a vertical line that divides a histogram into two equal parts.Compare central tendency.
median strip.
adjective
Statistics. relating to the value in the center of the distribution for an array of data: the median income of American households.
noting or relating to a plane dividing something into two equal parts, especially one dividing an animal into right and left halves.
situated in or relating to the middle; medial.
Origin of median
First recorded in 1535–45, median is from the Latin word mediānus in the middle. See medium, -an
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Definition for median (2 of 2)
Median
[ mee-dee-uhn ]
/ ˈmi di ən /
adjective
of or relating to Media, the Medes, or their language.
noun
a Mede.
the Iranian language of ancient Media, contemporaneous with Old Persian.
The median household income in many of the affected Louisiana parishes is below $50,000, with poverty rates upwards of 15 percent.
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The baseline refers to the median day-value between January 3 and February 6, 2020.
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Back in the first half of 2016, the share of nonbrand paid search clicks attributed as broad matches in Google search query reports was up above 25% for the median advertiser.
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At the end of April, people were tested at a rate 60 percent higher in areas where the median household income was in the top quartile versus the bottom quartile.
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The median price of homes listed right now in Andersonville is $451,443.
Chicago: A Midwestern Jewel for the LGBTQ Community|LGBTQ-Editor|July 11, 2020|No Straight News
This would restore overtime rights to workers earning up to around $50,000 a year, which is roughly the current median.
It’s Always Black Friday for Clerks|Michael Tomasky|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unlike most other telemarketers, they have a median net worth of almost $900,000.
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Median household income peaked in America in 1999, under Bill Clinton, at $56,080.
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The median household income in inflation-adjusted dollars back in 1987 was… well, what do you think?
The Real Reason Democrats Lost|Michael Tomasky|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The median total exemption rate was 1.8 percent this year, the same as in 2012-2013.
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In the median band of both wings the spots do not flow together, but are separate and moderately heavy.
The Butterfly Book|William Jacob Holland
The median, which lies in front of, but a little to the outside of the artery, though in some rare cases it lies behind it; 2.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery|Joseph Bell
In my opinion this ganglion is, in part, at all events, the optic ganglion of the median eye on each side.
The Origin of Vertebrates|Walter Holbrook Gaskell
There is at this stage a faintly marked groove extending along the median line of the ventral plate.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
The ears are fairly large, and the nose may or may not be traversed by a median groove.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
British Dictionary definitions for median
median
/ (ˈmiːdɪən) /
adjective
of, relating to, situated in, or directed towards the middle
biologyof or relating to the plane that divides an organism or organ into symmetrical parts
statisticsof or relating to the median
noun
a middle point, plane, or part
geometry
a straight line joining one vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite sideSee also centroid
a straight line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezium
statisticsthe middle value in a frequency distribution, below and above which lie values with equal total frequencies
statisticsthe middle number or average of the two middle numbers in an ordered sequence of numbers7 is the median of both 1, 7, 31 and 2, 5, 9, l6
Also called: (chiefly Brit)central reservationCanadianthe strip, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a highway
The point in a series at which half of the values or units of the series are higher and half lower.
Cultural definitions for median (2 of 2)
median
In statistics, the middle value of a set of numbers or data points; half the figures will fall below the median and half above. (See average; compare mean and mode.)
In a sequence of numbers arranged from smallest to largest:
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.
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.
A line joining a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.