median
A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing sideA line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
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» Courage is the median between cowardice and foolhardiness.
Смелость — это медиана между трусостью и безбашенностью. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR
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4 sensesA line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
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медиа́наmediána
A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.
(US)The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.
(archaic)A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm.
Median
медиа́наmediána
медіа́наmediána
- the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items
Examples
5 sentencesCourage is the median between cowardice and foolhardiness.
ruСмелость — это медиана между трусостью и безбашенностью. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR
Averages come in three flavors: mean, median, and mode.
Yuri's truck slid off the road into the median.
It is important to know the difference between mean and median.
deEs ist wichtig, den Unterschied zwischen Mittelwert und Median zu kennen. — bigfellow68
That guy is all over the median. Is he drunk?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French median, from Latin mediānus (“of or pertaining to the middle”,Borrowed from Middle French median, from Latin mediānus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Doublet of mean and mizzen. Cognate with Old English midde, middel (“middle”). More at middle.
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Forms
plural: mediansSynonyms
4 synonyms- the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items:median value
Word family
10 related wordsSee also
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