median
[noun]
Synonyms: average, mean, norm, par
[adjective]
Synonyms: middle, center, centermost, equidistant, halfway, medial, mid, middlemost, midmost, central, intermediary, intermediate, mean

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Related Words: center, middle

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I. me‧di‧an¹ /ˈmiːdiən/ noun [countable]

1. American English (also ˈmedian strip) a narrow area of land that separates the two sides of a big road in order to keep traffic travelling in different directions apart Synonym : central reservation British English

2. technical the middle number or measurement in a set of numbers or measurements that have been arranged in order

3. technical a line passing from one of the points of a triangle to the centre of the opposite side

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II. median² adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: medianus, from medius; medium²]

1. being the middle number or measurement in a set of numbers or measurements that have been arranged in order ⇒ average:
The median age of the group is 42.

2. in or passing through the middle of something

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