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1. 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"
   - average
    
2. Dividing an animal into right and left halves
   - medial
    
3. Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
   - medial

1. The value below which 50% of the cases fall
   - median value
    
2. [N. Amer] The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic in a dual carriageway
   - central reservation [Brit]

Derived forms: medians

See also: central, mesial, normal

Type of: average, norm

Encyclopedia: Median