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Median

Me′di-an

(mē′dĭ-an)
,
Adj.
[L.
medianus
, fr.
medius
middle. See
Medial
.]
1.
Being in the middle; running through the middle;
as, a
median
groove
.
2.
(Zool.)
Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; – said of unpaired organs and parts;
as,
median
coverts
.
Median line
.
(a)
(Anat.)
Any line in the mesial plane; specif., either of the lines in which the mesial plane meets the surface of the body.
(b)
(Geom.)
The line drawn from an angle of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side; any line having the nature of a diameter.
Median plane
(Anat.)
,
the mesial plane.
Median point
(Geom.)
,
the point where the three median lines of a triangle mutually intersect.

Me′di-an

,
Noun.
(Geom.)
A median line or point.

Definition 2024


medián

medián

See also: median, Median, médian, and medían

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Noun

medián m

  1. median (statistics)