"median" in the noun sense
1. median, median value
the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items
"median" in the adjective sense
1. median, average
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"
2. medial, median
dividing an animal into right and left halves
3. median, medial
relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
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