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median

/ˈmiːdɪən/ /ˈmiːdi.ən/

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noun

A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm.

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"The doctor examined the patient's median nerve, as it was damaged during the fall. "

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noun

A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.

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"To find the center of the triangle-shaped garden, the gardener drew the median from the top corner to the middle of the opposite side. "

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noun

The number separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. 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.

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"The median age of the students in the class is 12 years old. "

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noun

The median strip; the area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.

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"The driver lost control and swerved onto the median, narrowly missing a tree. "

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adjective

Situated in the middle; central, intermediate.

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"The median age of students in the class was 15 years old. "

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adjective

In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.

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"The doctor examined the median nerve in her patient's arm. "

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adjective

Having the median as its value.

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"The median salary for teachers in the district is $60,000. "

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