median

1 of 2

noun

me·di·an ˈmē-dē-ən How to pronounce median (audio)

: a medial (see medial sense 2b) part (such as a vein or nerve)

: a value in an ordered set of values below and above which there is an equal number of values or which is the arithmetic mean of the two middle values if there is no one middle number

: a vertical line that divides the histogram of a frequency distribution into two parts of equal area

: a value of a random variable for which all greater values make the cumulative distribution function greater than one half and all lesser values make it less than one half

: a line from a vertex (see vertex sense 2) of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side

: a line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezoid (see trapezoid sense 1a)

: median strip

median

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adjective

: being in the middle or in an intermediate position : medial

: lying in the plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves

: relating to or constituting a statistical median

: produced without occlusion along the lengthwise middle line of the tongue

medianly adverb

Did you know?

People often use the word average without realizing that there are two common forms of average. Suppose you want to find the average net worth of a group of people—that is, the average value of everything they possess. To find one type of average, called the mean, you'd simply add up the total value of money and property of everyone in the group and divide it by the number of people. To find the other type, called the median, you'd identify the net worth of the person who is richer than half the people and poorer than the other half. So if Warren Buffett drove through a tiny village in India, the mean net worth of those in the village would suddenly rise to perhaps a billion dollars, but their median net worth would remain close to zero. Which figure would be more meaningful?

Example Sentences

Adjective What is the median price of homes in this area? the median price of a home in the area

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The median is the point where half of homes sold for more and half for less.

Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 The median was $35,345, which more closely represents the typical saver, Vanguard says.

Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 July 2022 In terms of net worth, the very high net worth of a few people in your age group may skew the average or mean higher, whereas the median is generally a better indicator of what the majority of people in your age group are experiencing.

Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 16 June 2022 The driver was headed east on Nobel Drive when his Ford F-150 pickup truck struck the center median and then the tree, Officer David O’Brien said in a statement.

Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022 The companies are screened for liabilities-to-assets ratios lower than their industry median.

Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 For perspective, that same median was $300,000 six years ago.

Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022 Caltrans is undergoing similar median-raising projects in other portions of the 210, near the 5 Freeway, and along Highway 101, from Hollywood to Calabasas.

Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022 That could happen by eliminating an unusually large landscaped median, more than 200 feet wide in places, created decades ago when there was no Interstate 5 and the old 101 was the primary coastal north-south driving route.

Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022

Adjective

The median hourly wage for home health and personal care aides is about $14 an hour.

Clare Ansberry, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022 Healthcare consulting firm Kaufman Hall reported in March that the median wage for a traveler had reached three times the pay for local employees.

oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 In 2019, the median hourly wage for child-care workers in California was $13.41, according to the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022 Researchers defined a low-wage as any hourly wage below two-thirds of the federal median wage for that specific year.

Christine Mui, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2022 The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses the median wage in its survey of teacher salaries.

Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 30 July 2022 Among the professions earning around the same median wage were speech-language pathologists, some public relations specialists, some accountants and auditors and some mechanical engineers.

al, 25 July 2022 The median wage for child-care workers in 2021 was $13.22 an hour, or about $27,500 a year.

Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 23 July 2022 Nurse practitioners make a median wage of $113,000, while college nursing instructors with a similar level of training make around $77,000.

Marcella Bombardieri And Marina Zhavoronkova, CNN, 20 July 2022 See More

Medical Definition

median 1 of 2

noun

me·di·an ˈmēd-ē-ən How to pronounce median (audio)

: a medial part (as a vein or nerve)

: a value in an ordered set of values below and above which there is an equal number of values or which is the arithmetic mean of the two middle values if there is no one middle number

: a vertical line that divides the histogram of a frequency distribution into two parts of equal area

median

2 of 2

adjective

: situated in the middle

specifically : lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves

median 1 of 2

adjective

as in average

being about midway between extremes of amount or size the median price of a home in the area

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

average
middle
moderate
intermediate
typical
modest
mean
reasonable
middling
medium
midsize
midsized
normal
standard
usual
adequate
regular
conventional
tolerable
routine
common
popular
commonplace
passable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

extreme
excessive
unusual
individual
exceptional
private
uncommon
rare
strange
special
distinctive
unique
idiosyncratic
peculiar

as in middle

occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes determine the median point between your two speakers, and test your stereo system from there

Synonyms & Similar Words

middle
medial
halfway
mid
intermediate
central
intermediary
mediate
midmost
nearest
equidistant
medium
borderline
innermost
inner
gray
inmost
in-between
grey
betwixt and between

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

farthest
furthest
extreme
outermost
outer
peripheral
remotest
utmost
farthermost
furthermost
outmost

median

2 of 2

noun

as in normal

Synonyms & Similar Words

average
normal
middle
mean
usual
golden mean
standard
norm
ordinary
par
rule
status quo
commonplace
representative
run
exemplar

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

deviation
exception
anomaly
abnormality
rarity

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of median are average, mean, and norm. While all these words mean "something that represents a middle point," median applies to the value that represents the point at which there are as many instances above as there are below.

average of a group of persons earning 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10 dollars an hour is 6 dollars, whereas the median is 5 dollars

The meanings of average and median largely overlap; however, average is the quotient obtained by dividing the sum total of a set of figures by the number of figures.

scored an average of 85 on tests

The words mean and median can be used in similar contexts, but mean may be the simple average or it may represent value midway between two extremes.

a high of 70° and a low of 50° give a mean of 60°

In some situations, the words norm and median are roughly equivalent. However, norm means the average of performance of a significantly large group, class, or grade.

scores about the norm for fifth grade arithmetic

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释义	median 1 of 2 noun me·di·an ˈmē-dē-ən 1 : a medial (see medial sense 2b) part (such as a vein or nerve) 2 a : a value in an ordered set of values below and above which there is an equal number of values or which is the arithmetic mean of the two middle values if there is no one middle number b : a vertical line that divides the histogram of a frequency distribution into two parts of equal area c : a value of a random variable for which all greater values make the cumulative distribution function greater than one half and all lesser values make it less than one half 3 a : a line from a vertex (see vertex sense 2) of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side b : a line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezoid (see trapezoid sense 1a) 4 : median strip median 2 of 2 adjective 1 : being in the middle or in an intermediate position : medial 2 : lying in the plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves 3 : relating to or constituting a statistical median 4 : produced without occlusion along the lengthwise middle line of the tongue medianly adverb Did you know? People often use the word average without realizing that there are two common forms of average. Suppose you want to find the average net worth of a group of people—that is, the average value of everything they possess. To find one type of average, called the mean, you'd simply add up the total value of money and property of everyone in the group and divide it by the number of people. To find the other type, called the median, you'd identify the net worth of the person who is richer than half the people and poorer than the other half. So if Warren Buffett drove through a tiny village in India, the mean net worth of those in the village would suddenly rise to perhaps a billion dollars, but their median net worth would remain close to zero. Which figure would be more meaningful? Synonyms Adjective average intermediate mean medium middle middling midsize midsized moderate modest See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective What is the median price of homes in this area? the median price of a home in the area Recent Examples on the Web Noun The median is the point where half of homes sold for more and half for less. Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 The median was $35,345, which more closely represents the typical saver, Vanguard says. Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 July 2022 In terms of net worth, the very high net worth of a few people in your age group may skew the average or mean higher, whereas the median is generally a better indicator of what the majority of people in your age group are experiencing. Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 16 June 2022 The driver was headed east on Nobel Drive when his Ford F-150 pickup truck struck the center median and then the tree, Officer David O’Brien said in a statement. Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022 The companies are screened for liabilities-to-assets ratios lower than their industry median. Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 For perspective, that same median was $300,000 six years ago. Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022 Caltrans is undergoing similar median-raising projects in other portions of the 210, near the 5 Freeway, and along Highway 101, from Hollywood to Calabasas. Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022 That could happen by eliminating an unusually large landscaped median, more than 200 feet wide in places, created decades ago when there was no Interstate 5 and the old 101 was the primary coastal north-south driving route. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022 Adjective The median hourly wage for home health and personal care aides is about $14 an hour. Clare Ansberry, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022 Healthcare consulting firm Kaufman Hall reported in March that the median wage for a traveler had reached three times the pay for local employees. oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 In 2019, the median hourly wage for child-care workers in California was $13.41, according to the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022 Researchers defined a low-wage as any hourly wage below two-thirds of the federal median wage for that specific year. Christine Mui, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2022 The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses the median wage in its survey of teacher salaries. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 30 July 2022 Among the professions earning around the same median wage were speech-language pathologists, some public relations specialists, some accountants and auditors and some mechanical engineers. al, 25 July 2022 The median wage for child-care workers in 2021 was $13.22 an hour, or about $27,500 a year. Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 23 July 2022 Nurse practitioners make a median wage of $113,000, while college nursing instructors with a similar level of training make around $77,000. Marcella Bombardieri And Marina Zhavoronkova, CNN, 20 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English mediane, from Late Latin mediana (vena) median (vein), from feminine of Latin medianus in the middle, central, from medius middle — more at mid Adjective Latin medianus — see median entry 1 First Known Use Noun 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective 1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing median median nerve median strip median nerve median strip Kids Definition median noun me·di·an ˈmē-dē-ən : a value in a series arranged from smallest to largest below and above which there are an equal number of values or which is the average of the two middle values if there is no one middle value The median of the set 1, 3, 7, 12, 19 is 7. Medical Definition median 1 of 2 noun me·di·an ˈmēd-ē-ən 1 : a medial part (as a vein or nerve) 2 a : a value in an ordered set of values below and above which there is an equal number of values or which is the arithmetic mean of the two middle values if there is no one middle number b : a vertical line that divides the histogram of a frequency distribution into two parts of equal area median 2 of 2 adjective : situated in the middle specifically : lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves median 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in average being about midway between extremes of amount or size the median price of a home in the area Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance average middle moderate intermediate typical modest mean reasonable middling medium midsize midsized normal standard usual adequate regular conventional tolerable routine common popular commonplace passable Antonyms & Near Antonyms extreme excessive unusual individual exceptional private uncommon rare strange special distinctive unique idiosyncratic peculiar See More 2 as in middle occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes determine the median point between your two speakers, and test your stereo system from there Synonyms & Similar Words middle medial halfway mid intermediate central intermediary mediate midmost nearest equidistant medium borderline innermost inner gray inmost in-between grey betwixt and between Antonyms & Near Antonyms farthest furthest extreme outermost outer peripheral remotest utmost farthermost furthermost outmost See More median 2 of 2 noun as in normal Synonyms & Similar Words average normal middle mean usual golden mean standard norm ordinary par rule status quo commonplace representative run exemplar Antonyms & Near Antonyms deviation exception anomaly abnormality rarity Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of median are average, mean, and norm. While all these words mean "something that represents a middle point," median applies to the value that represents the point at which there are as many instances above as there are below. average of a group of persons earning 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10 dollars an hour is 6 dollars, whereas the median is 5 dollars The meanings of average and median largely overlap; however, average is the quotient obtained by dividing the sum total of a set of figures by the number of figures. scored an average of 85 on tests The words mean and median can be used in similar contexts, but mean may be the simple average or it may represent value midway between two extremes. a high of 70° and a low of 50° give a mean of 60° In some situations, the words norm and median are roughly equivalent. However, norm means the average of performance of a significantly large group, class, or grade. scores about the norm for fifth grade arithmetic
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