median

/ˈmē-dē-ən/

Middle English mediane, from Late Latin mediana (vena) median (vein), from feminine of Latin medianus in the middle, central, from medius middle

noun

  1. a medial part (such as a vein or nerve)

  2. a value in an ordered set of values below and above which there is an equal number of values or which is the arithmetic mean of the two middle values if there is no one middle number

  3. a vertical line that divides the histogram of a frequency distribution into two parts of equal area

average mean median norm mean something that represents a middle point. average is the quotient obtained by dividing the sum total of a set of figures by the number of figures. mean may be the simple average or it may represent value midway between two extremes.

adjective

  1. being in the middle or in an intermediate position : medial

  2. lying in the plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves

  3. relating to or constituting a statistical median

geographical name

  1. ancient country and province of the Persian Empire in the northwestern part of modern Iran