Median

Median
Median Me"di*an (m[=e]"d[i^]*an), a. [L. medianus, fr. medius middle. See {Medial}.] 1. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zo["o]l.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts. [1913 Webster]

{Median line}. (a) (Anat.) Any line in the mesial plane; specif., either of the lines in which the mesial plane meets the surface of the body. (b) (Geom.) The line drawn from an angle of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side; any line having the nature of a diameter.

{Median plane} (Anat.), the mesial plane.

{Median point} (Geom.), the point where the three median lines of a triangle mutually intersect. [1913 Webster]


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  • médian — médian, iane [ medjɑ̃, jan ] adj. et n. f. • 1550 « demi »; médiantXIVe; lat. medianus I ♦ Adj. (1560 anat.; autres emplois 1812) 1 ♦ Qui est situé, placé au milieu. Ligne médiane, plan médian. Anat. Veines, artères médianes. Vermis médian.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • median — me‧di‧an [ˈmiːdiən] adjective [only before a noun] STATISTICS the median number is the middle one in a series of numbers, arranged in order: • The median sales price fell 1.4% from October. • Median household income fell by 1.9% last year. see… …   Financial and business terms

  • median — MEDIÁN, Ă, mediani, e, adj. Care se află la mijloc; medial. ♦ Situat la mijlocul unei figuri geometrice. ♦ (Substantivat, f.) Fiecare dintre dreptele care unesc un vârf al unui triunghi cu mijlocul laturii opuse vârfului. ♦ (Substantivat, f.)… …   Dicționar Român

  • Median — Mediān, ein aus dem Lat. medianus entlehntes und nur in einigen Zusammensetzungen übliches Wort, etwas zu bezeichnen, welches theils in der Mitte zwischen andern Dingen, theils aber auch von mittlern Größe ist, d.i. zwar größer als gewöhnlich,… …   Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • médian — médian, ane (mé di an, a n ) adj. 1°   Terme d anatomie. Qui est au milieu.    Ligne médiane, ligne verticale qu on suppose partager longitudinalement le corps en deux parties égales et symétriques.    Veines médianes, nom donné à trois veines… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • median — index average (midmost), central (situated near center), intermediate, mesne, norm Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • median — [mē′dē ən] adj. [L medianus < medius, middle: see MID1] 1. middle; intermediate a) designating a line extending from a vertex of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side b) designating a line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides …   English World dictionary

  • Median — Me di*an, n. (Geom.) A median line or point. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • median# — median n *average, mean, norm, par median adj average, mean, par (see under AVERAGE n) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • median — ► ADJECTIVE 1) technical situated in the middle. 2) referring to the middle term (or mean of the middle two terms) of a series of values arranged in order of magnitude. ► NOUN 1) a median value. 2) Geometry a straight line drawn from one of the… …   English terms dictionary

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