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median

median

106 4.8
The middle value in a list of numbers or the average of two middle values
  • noun
  • /ˈmiːdiən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : mediana
  • So if both of those things actually happened, the median would be in between these two thresholds.
  • median income
  • median age
  • mean and median

What is surprising was we found the median.

Examples

  • Programs with the lowest median wages included child care, home care, and education.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Why is the median income always below the mean?

  • We have to find the median of these numbers, OK, of these here.

  • So for those children, their median illness duration was three days.

  • The gender pay gap is, Simply put, the gap in the pay levels of the median man and the median woman.

  • The participants range in age from 21 to 60, with the median age of 28.

    Academic text (2011)

  • US expenditures are roughly double the median for these other nations.

  • The median L-Sat score at Harvard Law School is 169.

    Molly's Game (2017)

  • Low-grade comorbidity was present in 126 patients; their median survival was 41 months.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The median score of the students in the math test was calculated to be 75.

Synonyms

median value
vsmedian
  • Specialized
1 3.6

The middle number in a list of numbers, or the average of the two middle ones when there are two

is the same concept but uses a shorter technical label rather than a descriptive phrase

Antonyms

extreme
125 4.2

The farthest point or highest level of something

minimum
  • Specialized
10 4.9

The lowest point on a graph where the curve reaches its smallest value

maximum
  • Specialized
4 5.5

A high point on a graph where the curve stops rising and starts falling

Compounds

median value
  • Specialized
1 3.6

The middle number in a list of numbers, or the average of the two middle ones when there are two

How Smooth

spline
  • Specialized
1 8.2
Gaussian shape
  • Specialized
6.9
smoother
  • Specialized
7.1
low-pass filter
  • Specialized
1 5.5
median
  • Specialized
106 4.8
raw data
  • Specialized
21 3.5

Surface Forms

median singular
medians plural

Etymology

Median comes from the Latin medius 'middle', like the everyday words middle and medium. As a noun, the median is the number that sits in the 'middle' of a sorted list, separating the higher half from the lower half.