the value below which 50% of the cases fall
[ Syn: median value ]
median (n.)
relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values); the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20; the median income for the year was $15, 000
[ Syn: average ]
dividing an animal into right and left halves
[ Syn: medial ]
relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
[ Syn: medial ]