median

adjective

• 1denoting or relating to a value or quantity lying at the midpoint of a frequency distribution of observed values or quantities, such that there is an equal probability of falling above or below it:the median duration of this treatment was four months
• denoting the middle term (or mean of the middle two terms) of a series arranged in order of magnitude.

• 2 technical, chiefly Anatomy situated in the middle, especially of the body:the median part of the sternum

noun

• 1the median value of a range of values:acreages ranged from one to fifty-two with a median of twenty-four

• 2 (also median strip)North American term for central reservation.

• 3 Geometry a straight line drawn from any vertex of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side.