median

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.di.ən/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmi.di.ən/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.di.ən/, (cultivated) [ˈmɪi.di.ən] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.di.ən/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈmiɖ(ɪ)jən/ === Noun === median (plural medians) (anatomy, now rare) A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm. [from 15th c.] (geometry) A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side. (statistics) 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. [from 19th c.] Hypernyms: average (broad sense); quantile Coordinate terms: medial, mean (broad sense), mean (narrow sense), average (narrow sense), mode (US) The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic. [from 20th c.] Synonyms: median strip (US), central reservation, reservation Coordinate terms: safety island, traffic island ==== Coordinate terms ==== (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), pentile/quintile (5), sextile (6), septile (7), octile (8), decile (10), hexadecile (16), ventile/vigintile (20), centile/percentile (100), millile/permillile (1000) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === median (not comparable) (anatomy) Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something). [from 16th c.] Coordinate terms: medial, mesial (anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb. [from 16th c.] (statistics) Having the median as its value. [from 19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === average mean mode === Anagrams === Damien, Eidman, Maiden, Manide, Medina, Midean, aidmen, demain, maenid, maiden, mained, medina, meidan == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈdian/ Rhymes: -ian Syllabification: me‧di‧an === Adjective === median accusative singular of media == Finnish == === Noun === median genitive singular of media === Anagrams === maiden == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch mediaan, from Latin medianus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Doublet of madya. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [meˈdian] Hyphenation: mé‧di‧an === Noun === médian (plural median-median) median, (statistics) the number separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half (geometry) a line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side Synonym: garis berat (road transport) the median strip; the area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic medium, anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container Synonym: sedang (printing, dated) pica: 12-point type (printing, dated) mediaan, a former Nederland paper size, 470 mm × 560 mm ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “median”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French médian, from Latin medianus. === Adjective === median m or n (feminine singular mediană, masculine plural medieni, feminine/neuter plural mediene) median ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Verb === median third-person plural present indicative of mediar == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin medianus; compare English median. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑːn === Noun === median c median value ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== medianvärde