median
pronunciation
How to pronounce median in British English:
UK [ˈmi:diən]
How to pronounce median in American English:
US [ˈmidiən]
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- Noun:
- the value below which 50% of the cases fall
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- Adjective:
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set)
- dividing an animal into right and left halves
- relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
Word Origin
- median
- median: see medium
- median (adj.)
- 1590s, from Middle French médian (15c.) and directly from Latin medianus "of the middle," from medius "in the middle" (see medial (adj.)). Originally anatomical, of veins, arteries, nerves. Median strip "strip between lanes of traffic" is from 1954.
- median (n.)
- "a median part," 1540s, from Latin medianus (see median (adj.)). Meaning "middle number of a series" is from 1883.
Example
- 1. There is still no available median house price data .
- 2. Prices and median household income are pointing in opposite directions .
- 3. Median male real us earnings have not risen since 1975 .
- 4. Middle-class lifestyles have flourished even though median wages have barely budged .
- 5. Us median income has fallen in each of the past five years .