median — meaning in English

English meaning

• median noun The middle value in a set of numbers arranged from smallest to largest.

Senses

median is used for these senses in English:

• median (statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.]

median — full definition

1. noun The middle value in a set of numbers arranged from smallest to largest.
2. noun The strip of land separating opposite lanes of traffic on a road.
3. adj Relating to or forming a middle point or value.