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Word: median (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Having the median as its value.

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Noun:

  • anatomy The middlemost marquee of the body that divides the subject in a symmetrical fashion, such as a '''median'' sagittal section', which divides the body symmetrically on a vertical plane, as opposed to a 'parasagittal section', which is a vertical cross section that does not divide on a parallel symmetrical alignment.
  • statistics The measure of central tendency of a set of n values computed by ordering the values and taking the value at position (n + 1) / 2 when n is odd or the arithmetic mean of the values at positions n / 2 and (n / 2) + 1 when n is even.
  • The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic in the United States. This area is often covered with vegetation, but also may be covered in concrete and possess traffic accident safety devices such as guardrails.

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Proper noun:

  • The northwestern Iranian language of the Medes, attested only by numerous loanwords in Old Persian; nothing is known of its grammar.

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