MEDIAN

Median

In statistics and probability theory, the median is the numerical value separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. 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 . 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

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median

Noun

  1. A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm.
  2. The quantity or value at the midpoint of a set of values, such that the variable is equally likely to fall above or below it; the middle value of a discrete series arranged in magnitude (or the mean of the middle two terms when there is an even number of terms).
  3. The median strip; the area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.

Adjective

  1. Situated in the middle; central, intermediate.
  2. In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.
  3. Having the median as its value.


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