median Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the value below which 50% of the cases fall
    median value.
  2. adjective satellite relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
    average.
    • the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20
    • the median income for the year was $15,000
  3. adjective satellite dividing an animal into right and left halves
    medial.
  4. adjective satellite relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
    medial.

WordNet

Me"di*an adjective
Etymology
L. medianus, fr. medius middle. See Medial.
Definitions
  1. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.
  2. (Zoöl.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts.
Me"di*an noun
Definitions
  1. (Geom.) A median line or point.

Webster 1913