median
adjective
[ ˈmiːdɪən ]
• 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"
• situated in the middle, especially of the body.
• "the median part of the sternum"
median
noun
• the median value of a range of values.
• "acreages ranged from one to fifty-two with a median of twenty-four"
• the strip of land between the carriageways of a motorway or other major road; a central reservation.
• a straight line drawn from any vertex of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side.
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a median vein or nerve): from medieval Latin medianus, from medius ‘mid’.
Median
adjective
• relating to Media, an ancient region of Asia to the south-west of the Caspian Sea.
• "the Median empire"
