Median (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The median strip in the highway divided the two lanes of traffic.
- The median nerve runs down the middle of the arm and is responsible for sensation and movement.
- The median plane of the body is an imaginary line that divides the body into left and right halves.
- The median axis of the leaf is the central line that runs from the base to the tip.
- The median section of the building is the central part that connects the two wings.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Dividing an animal into right and left halves.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Synonyms
Meaning 3
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); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The median household income in the area has increased steadily over the past decade.
- To find the median height, arrange the numbers in order and identify the middle value.
- In this case, the median is the average of the two middle numbers since the list contains an even number of values.
- Statisticians use the median as a more robust measure of central tendency than the mean.
- According to the survey, the median time spent watching television per day was three hours.