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mid⋅point

  [mid-point]
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–noun
1. a point at or near the middle of, or equidistant from, both ends, as of a line: the midpoint of a boundary.
2. a point in time halfway between the beginning and the end, as of a process, event, or situation: the midpoint of the negotiations.
3. Geometry. the point on a line segment or an arc that is equidistant, when measured along the line or the arc, from both endpoints.
4. Statistics. median (def. 5).
5. Astrology. the point on the arc that is equidistant from two planets: regarded as a sensitive point and used in horoscopic interpretations.
Also, mid-point.

Origin:
1325–75; ME. See mid-, point

me⋅di⋅an

  [mee-dee-uhn]
–adjective
1. noting or pertaining to a plane dividing something into two equal parts, esp. one dividing an animal into right and left halves.
2. situated in or pertaining to the middle; medial.
–noun
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.
Origin:
1535–45; < L mediānus in the middle. See medium, -an

Related forms:
me⋅di⋅an⋅ly, adverb
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mid·point   (mĭd'point')   
n.  

  1. Mathematics The point of a line segment or curvilinear arc that divides it into two parts of the same length.

  2. A position midway between two extremes.

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Cultural Dictionary

median

In statistics, the middle value of a set of numbers or data points; half the figures will fall below the median and half above. (See average; compare mean and mode.)

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Word Origin & History

median 
1592, from M.Fr. médian, from L. medianus "of the middle," from medius "middle" (see medial). Originally anatomical, of veins, arteries, nerves; mathematical sense "middle number of a series" first recorded 1902; median strip "strip between lanes of a highway" is from 1954.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2median
Function: adjective
: situated in the middle; specifically : lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right andleft halves
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Medical Dictionary

median me·di·an (mē'dē-ən)
adj.

  1. Relating to, located in, or extending toward the middle.

  2. Of, relating to, or situated in or near the plane that divides a bilaterally symmetrical animal into right and left halves; mesial.

  3. Of, relating to, or constituting the middle value in a distribution.

n.

  1. A median point, plane, line, or part.

  2. The middle value in a distribution, above and below which lie an equal number of values.

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