| Noun | 1. | median - the value below which 50% of the cases fallstatistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters average, norm - a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes" | |
| Adj. | 1. | median - 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); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000"statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events" | |
| 2. | median - dividing an animal into right and left halvesmesial - being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body | |
| 3. | median - relating to or situated in or extending toward the middlecentral - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"; "central heating and air conditioning" | |