median

median
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 also decile, percentile, quartile

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   The middle-ranking value of a set of values laid out in numerical order.
   ► See also Mode.

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median UK US /ˈmiːdiən/ adjective
► a median number, value, or amount is in the middle of a series of numbers, values, or amounts: »

Today the median age for marriage in the US is 25 for women and 27 for men.

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median income/earnings/salary

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median/rate/value

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median UK US /ˈmiːdiən/ noun [C]
► a number, value, or amount that is in the middle of a series of numbers, values, or amounts: »

Home prices have continued to increase, with the median rising 5.8 percent to $352,874.

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Data from the Institute for Policy Research showed that the median for women's annual earnings was around $32,000, far below the median for men's earnings of $41,300.

→ See also DECILE(Cf. ↑decile), PERCENTILE(Cf. ↑percentile), QUARTILE(Cf. ↑quartile)
→ See Note AVERAGE(Cf. ↑average)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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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

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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

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  • 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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