the value below which 50% of the cases fall

[ Syn: median value ]

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 ]