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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMedian
/ˈmiː.di.ən/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample.
"In the dataset of test scores, the median score was 75, indicating that half of the students scored above this value." - 2
In statistics, the median is the middle number in a sorted list of numbers.
"To find the median of the numbers 3, 5, and 7, you would arrange them in order and select the middle value, which is 5."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'median' originates from the Latin word 'medianus', meaning 'in the middle'. It was adopted into English in the late 14th century, initially used in a mathematical context to describe the middle value in a set of numbers.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Median" is said worldwide
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médiane
Transliteration: medjan
"La médiane des scores était de 75."
Median
Transliteration: median
"Der Median der Testergebnisse betrug 75."
mediana
Transliteration: mediana
"La mediana dei punteggi era 75."
mediana
Transliteration: mediana
"La mediana de las puntuaciones fue 75."
mediana
Transliteration: mediana
"A mediana das notas foi 75."
माध्य
Transliteration: madhya
"अंक सूची का माध्य 75 था।"
中位数
Transliteration: zhōngwèi shù
"测试分数的中位数是75。"
중위수
Transliteration: jungwisu
"시험 점수의 중위수는 75였다."
中央値
Transliteration: chūōchi
"テストのスコアの中央値は75でした。"
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