Median

Meaning

Noun

●

In Anatomy:

A

or

, especially the

or

running through

the

and arm.

●

In Geometry:

A

the

of

to the

of the

side.

●

In Statistics:

A

number

separating

the

higher

half

from

the

lower

half

of

a

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.

●

In American English & Roads:

The area

two

of opposite-direction

; the

strip.

●

A Mede.

Adj

●

In Anatomy:

Situated in a

,

, or

part,

, or range of (something).

●

In Anatomy & Botany:

In the

of an

, structure etc.; towards the

of an

or limb.

●

In Statistics:

Having the

as its value.

●

Relating to Media or Medes.

●

Of

,

etc.:

, invariable.

Name

●

The

Old Iranian language of the Medes,

only by

in Old Persian, few

in Old Armenian and some

in Ancient Greek; nothing is

its grammar.

Sourced from

Origin

median

English

median

Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

medianus

Latin

-anus

Latin

medius

Latin

Sourced from

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