submedian

[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.
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.

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Submedian is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

Origin:
1535–45; < Latin mediānus in the middle. See medium, -an

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

1. mean, median; 2. media, median, medium, mediums (see usage note at media1).
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