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ˈmiːdɪən/
adj.
- technical, chiefly Anatomy situated in the middle, especially of the body.
- denoting or relating to a value or quantity lying at the mid point of a frequency distribution of observed values or quantities.
▸denoting the middle term (or mean of the middle two terms) of a series arranged in order of magnitude.
n.
- a median value.
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(also median strip)
North American term for central reservation.
- Geometry a straight line drawn from any vertex of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from med. L. medianus, from medius ‘mid’.