Median Definition & Meaning
median
- adjective
- 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"
- dividing an animal into right and left halves
- relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
- noun
- the value below which 50% of the cases fall
"Median" in song lyrics
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"And death is the median"
Cannibal Ox — Iron Galaxy -
"Average bands traffic the median"
Flobots — The Rhythm Method (Move!) -
"Dead off in the Median"
Rehab — It Doesn't Matter
Words that rhyme with median
Usage tips for "median"
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- What does median mean?
- 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" dividing an animal into right and left halves relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle the value below which 50% of the cases fall
- What part of speech is median?
- Median is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does median have?
- Median has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).