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medians

 [mee-dee-uhn]  

me·di·an

   [mee-dee-uhn]
adjective
1.
noting or pertaining to a plane dividing something into two equal parts, especially one dividing an animal into right and left halves.
2.
situated in or pertaining to the middle; medial.
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3.
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers: 4 is the median of 1, 3, 4, 8, 9.
4.
Geometry. a straight line from a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.
5.
Also called midpoint. a vertical line that divides a histogram into two equal parts. Compare central tendency.
6.
median strip.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Origin:
1535–45; < Latin mediānus in the middle. See medium, -an

Related forms
me·di·an·ly, adverb
post·me·di·an, adjective
pre·me·di·an, noun, adjective
sub·me·di·an, adjective

Can be confused: 1. mean, median; 2. media, median, medium, mediums (see usage note at media1).
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Me·di·an

   [mee-dee-uhn]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to Media, the Medes, or their language.
noun
2.
a Mede.
3.
the Iranian language of ancient Media, contemporaneous with Old Persian.
Origin:
1595–1605; Medi(a) + -an
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median   (mē'dē-ən)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. In a sequence of numbers arranged from smallest to largest:

    1. The middle number, when such a sequence has an odd number of values. For example, in the sequence 3, 4, 14, 35, 280, the median is 14.

    2. The average of the two middle numbers, when such a sequence has an even number of values. For example, in the sequence 4, 8, 10, 56, the median is 9 (the average of 8 and 10). Compare arithmetic mean, average, mode.

  2. A line joining a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.


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