median

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See also: Median, médian, medían, and medián

English

Finding the median in sets of data with an odd and even number of values.
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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French median, from Latin mediānus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Doublet of mean and mizzen. Cognate with Old English midde, middel (“middle”). More at middle.

Pronunciation

Noun

median (plural medians)

  2. (anatomy, now rare) A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm.
  4. (geometry) A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
  6. (statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.
    Coordinate terms: medial, mean, average
  8. (US) The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic; the median strip.
    • 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 134:
      Seen from street level, the median was clean most days. From the third floor you peered over the benches and trees and saw the trash crowding the subway ventilation grates and paving stones.

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area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic — see median strip

Adjective

median (not comparable)

  2. (anatomy) Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something).
    Coordinate terms: medial, mesial
  3. (anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.
    • 1957, Sidney Frederic Harmer, The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition, page 1106:
      Cellariiform, the orifices nearly confined to the convex frontal and lateral surfaces; the basal surface with a strong median calcareous keel, almost concealed by a flat membranous epitheca, which covers the whole zoarium […]
  4. (statistics) Having the median as its value.

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Adjective

median

  1. accusative singular of media

Finnish

Noun

median

  1. genitive singular of media

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Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch mediaan, from Latin medianus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Doublet of madya.

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  • Hyphenation: mé‧di‧an

Noun

median or médian

  1. median,
    1. (statistics) the number separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half.
    2. (geometry) a line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
    3. (road transport) the median strip; the area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.
  2. medium, anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
    Synonym: sedang
  3. (printing, dated) pica: 12-point type
  4. (printing, dated) mediaan, a former Nederland paper size, 470 mm × 560 mm.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French médian, from Latin medianus.

Adjective

median m or n (feminine singular mediană, masculine plural medieni, feminine and neuter plural mediene)

  1. median

Declension

Declension of median
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite median mediană medieni mediene
definite medianul mediana medienii medienele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite median mediene medieni mediene
definite medianului medienei medienilor medienelor

Spanish

Verb

median

  1. third-person plural present indicative of mediar

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medianus; compare English median.

Pronunciation

Noun

median c

  1. median value

Declension

Declension of median 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative median medianen medianer medianerna
Genitive medians medianens medianers medianernas

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