median

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me·di·an1 /ˈmiːdiən/ noun [countableC]

1. American EnglishAmE (also median strip)TTR a narrow area of land that separates the two sides of a big road in order to keep traffic travelling in different directions apart 〔道路的〕中央分隔带，中央分道区 SYN British English central reservation

2. technicalTM the middle number or measurement in a set of numbers or measurements that have been arranged in order 中位数

3. technicalHM a line passing from one of the points of a triangle to the centre of the opposite side 〔三角形的〕中线

Examples from the Corpus

median• The values in table I are medians, and the quoted statistics clearly show the lack of significant difference.• The base category acts in analogous manner to the fitted median with interval level data.• One other possible method of smoothing would be to use means rather than medians.• The median is not the mid-point between the first number and the last.• The median was $ 1,375,000 and the top award was $ 7. 75 million.• For continuous variables medians were used because the results lacked normal distribution.

Related topics: Maths, Numbers

median2 adjectiveadj

1 being the middle number or measurement in a set of numbers or measurements that have been arranged in order 中间值的，中位数的，中间的 → average

The median age of the group is 42.

该组的中间年龄为42岁。

2. in or passing through the middle of something 中间的；穿过中点的

Examples from the Corpus

median• The median age of the patients is 54 and men are affected twice as often as women.• The median clearance time of newly acquired human papillomavirus was 6 months.• Those patients who present with metastatic disease and are treated with maximal endocrine treatment will have a median survival of 36 months.• Preoperative radiotherapy did not prolong the median survival time.• Among those who do, Federal Reserve Board researchers found, the median value of those accounts in 1995.• The median voter model can be applied directly to yield predictions about the determinants of public expenditure.• Any such level of output will put the median voter on a higher indifference curve than would the reversion level.

From Longman Business Dictionary

medianme·di·an /ˈmiːdiən/ adjectiveadj [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.

Origin median2

(1300-1400) Latin medianus, from medius; MEDIUM2

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