noun / adjective
median
MEE-dee-uhn/mˈidiʌn/
Occupying the middle position between surrounding parts.
The highlighted tile shows the median value of these five numbers.
Etymology
The pieces mean 'of the middle.' Originally naming a middle part in anatomy, median later became a statistical term for the middle value in an ordered series.
In context
I looked at median, which means the people in the middle. And the people in the middle are significantly wealthier in Switzerland than they are in the UK.
More examples
- A grassy median separates the two directions of traffic.
- A median line divides the diagram into left and right halves.
- For the numbers 2, 4, 6, and 8, the median is 5.
Forms
median · medians