median

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

me·dian [median medians] adjective, noun BrE [ˈmiːdiən] NAmE [ˈmiːdiən]
adjective only before noun (technical)
1. having a value in the middle of a series of values
•the median age/price
2. located in or passing through the middle
•a median point/line

Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a median vein or nerve): from medieval Latin medianus, from medius ‘mid’.
 
noun
1. (mathematics)the middle value of a series of numbers arranged in order of size
2. (geometry)a straight line passing from a point of a triangle to the centre of the opposite side.
3. (also ˈmedian strip) (both NAmE) (BrE ˌcentral reserˈvation)a narrow strip of land that separates the two sides of a major road such as a ↑motorway or ↑interstate

Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a median vein or nerve): from medieval Latin medianus, from medius ‘mid’.
 
See also: ↑central reservation

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  medial, median(a), average, median value