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# median

noun (the median, medians); adjective (median)

«median» in the English dictionary: everyday and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In maths, the median is the middle number when a list of numbers is put in order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#m1)
2. (UK, Australia) The median strip is the strip of land between the two sides of a road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#m2)
3. In geometry, a median is a line from a corner of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school maths with mean, mode and range. In news: «median income» or «median age». On roads: the median (US: median strip).

### Examples

- The median of 2, 5 and 9 is 5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#x1)
- Put the numbers in order before you find the median. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#x2)
- For 3, 4, 8 and 10 the median is 6, halfway between 4 and 8. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#x3)
- The median age of the class is 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#x4)
- The car hit the median of the highway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#x5)
- The median of a triangle goes to the middle of a side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#x6)

### Note

Maths: put the numbers in order; with an odd count, the median is the middle one; with an even count, it is halfway between the two middle ones. Do not confuse with the mean (average), mode (most common) or range.

## Meaning

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «median» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«median» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/median.html) on Mova free.