- median
- In a set of measurements, the central value above and below which there are an equal number of measurements.
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médian — médian, iane [ medjɑ̃, jan ] adj. et n. f. • 1550 « demi »; médiantXIVe; lat. medianus I ♦ Adj. (1560 anat.; autres emplois 1812) 1 ♦ Qui est situé, placé au milieu. Ligne médiane, plan médian. Anat. Veines, artères médianes. Vermis médian.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
median — me‧di‧an [ˈmiːdiən] adjective [only before a noun] STATISTICS the median number is the middle one in a series of numbers, arranged in order: • The median sales price fell 1.4% from October. • Median household income fell by 1.9% last year. see… … Financial and business terms
median — MEDIÁN, Ă, mediani, e, adj. Care se află la mijloc; medial. ♦ Situat la mijlocul unei figuri geometrice. ♦ (Substantivat, f.) Fiecare dintre dreptele care unesc un vârf al unui triunghi cu mijlocul laturii opuse vârfului. ♦ (Substantivat, f.)… … Dicționar Român
Median — Me di*an (m[=e] d[i^]*an), a. [L. medianus, fr. medius middle. See {Medial}.] 1. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Median — Mediān, ein aus dem Lat. medianus entlehntes und nur in einigen Zusammensetzungen übliches Wort, etwas zu bezeichnen, welches theils in der Mitte zwischen andern Dingen, theils aber auch von mittlern Größe ist, d.i. zwar größer als gewöhnlich,… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
médian — médian, ane (mé di an, a n ) adj. 1° Terme d anatomie. Qui est au milieu. Ligne médiane, ligne verticale qu on suppose partager longitudinalement le corps en deux parties égales et symétriques. Veines médianes, nom donné à trois veines… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
median — index average (midmost), central (situated near center), intermediate, mesne, norm Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
median — [mē′dē ən] adj. [L medianus < medius, middle: see MID1] 1. middle; intermediate a) designating a line extending from a vertex of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side b) designating a line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides … English World dictionary
Median — Me di*an, n. (Geom.) A median line or point. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
median# — median n *average, mean, norm, par median adj average, mean, par (see under AVERAGE n) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
median — ► ADJECTIVE 1) technical situated in the middle. 2) referring to the middle term (or mean of the middle two terms) of a series of values arranged in order of magnitude. ► NOUN 1) a median value. 2) Geometry a straight line drawn from one of the… … English terms dictionary
