Definitions of median
British English : median The median is the number that is in the middle of a set of numbers when they are arranged in order. For example, in the numbers 1,2,3,4,5, the median is 3. ADJECTIVE
adjective
- of, relating to, situated in, or directed towards the middle
- (biology ) of or relating to the plane that divides an organism or organ into symmetrical parts
- (statistics ) of or relating to the median
noun
- a middle point, plane, or part
- (geometry ) a straight line joining one vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side See also centroid a straight line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezium
- a straight line joining one vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side See also centroid
- a straight line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezium
- (statistics ) the middle value in a frequency distribution, below and above which lie values with equal total frequencies
- (statistics ) the middle number or average of the two middle numbers in an ordered sequence of numbers ⇒ 7 is the median of both 1, 7, 31 and 2, 5, 9, l6
- Also called : (chiefly Brit ) central reserve (Canadian ) the strip, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a highway
- a straight line joining one vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side See also centroid
- a straight line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezium
noun
- a member of an Indo-European people of West Iranian speech who established an empire in SW Asia in the 7th and 6th centuries bc