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

1. (statistics) 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

Part of: divided highway [N. Amer], dual carriageway [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Median