median
/ˈmidiən/
adjective
- Relating to the middle value in a set of data.
- The median income in this city has risen over the past decade.
- The median score on the test was 85 out of 100.
- We calculated the median age of the participants.
- Located in the middle or at the midline of the body.
- The median plane divides the body into left and right halves.
- The median nerve runs down the center of the arm.
- A median incision was made during the surgery.
noun
- The middle number in a sorted list of numbers; a measure of central tendency.
- The median of the set {1, 3, 7, 9, 12} is 7.
- When there is an even number of values, the median is the average of the two middle numbers.
- The median house price in our town is $250,000.
- A strip of land or barrier that separates lanes of traffic on a road.
- You should never drive onto the median to pass another car.
- The car crossed the median and hit an oncoming truck.
- Flowers were planted along the median of the highway.