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 →

2) (UK, Australia) The median strip is the strip of land between the two sides of a road. tree →

3) In geometry, a median is a line from a corner of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side. tree →

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 →
• Put the numbers in order before you find the median. tree →
• For 3, 4, 8 and 10 the median is 6, halfway between 4 and 8. tree →
• The median age of the class is 10. tree →
• The car hit the median of the highway. tree →
• The median of a triangle goes to the middle of a side. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.