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# median

«median» in Mova's school dictionary: **the middle number when a list of numbers is put in order** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) In maths, the median is the middle number when a list of numbers is put in order. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#x1)
- Put the numbers in order before you find the median. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#x3)
- The median age of the class is 10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/#x4)
- The car hit the median of the highway. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «median» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/median/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.