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   median

   /ˈmiːdɪən/

   adjective

   • 1. denoting or relating to a value or quantity lying at the midpoint of a frequency distribution of observed values or quantities, such that there is an equal probability of falling above or below it: "the median duration of this treatment was four months"
   • ▪ denoting the middle term (or mean of the middle two terms) of a series arranged in order of magnitude. For example, the median number of the series 55, 62, 76, 85, 93 is 76.
   • 2. situated in the middle, especially of the body: technical "the median part of the sternum"

   noun

   • 1. the median value of a range of values: "acreages ranged from one to fifty-two with a median of twenty-four"
   • 2. the strip of land between the carriageways of a motorway or other major road; a central reservation. North American
   • 3. a straight line drawn from any vertex of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side.

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a median vein or nerve): from medieval Latin medianus, from medius ‘mid’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. medianly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 9

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