Median - Definition
median
adj 1: 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" [syn: median(a), average]
2: dividing an animal into right and left halves [syn: medial,
median]
3: relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
[syn: median, medial]
n 1: the value below which 50% of the cases fall [syn: median,
median value]