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me·di·an
/ ˈmēdēən/
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adj.
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denoting or relating to a value or quantity lying at the midpoint of a frequency distribution of observed values or quantities, such that there is an equal probability of falling above or below it:
the median duration of this treatment was four months.
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denoting the middle term of a series arranged in order of magnitude, or (if there is no middle term) the average of the middle two terms. For example, the median number of the series 55, 62, 76, 85, 93 is 76.
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technical, chiefly Anat.
situated in the middle, esp. of the body:
the median part of the sternum.
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n.
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the median value of a range of values:
acreages ranged from one to fifty-two with a median of twenty-four.
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(also median strip)
the strip of land between the lanes of opposing traffic on a divided highway.
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Geom.
a straight line drawn from any vertex of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side.
DERIVATIVES:
me·di·an·ly
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Median home prices span $48,700 to $275,000 in third quarter, National Association of Realtors reports.
PR Newswire; 11/13/1989; 700+ words
; MEDIAN HOME PRICES SPAN $48,700 TO $275,000...association's third-quarter survey of median home prices showed a range of $48,700 to $275,000. The report, which covered median prices for single-family detached and...
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MEDIAN Accelerates Electronic Workflow in Health Care; Industry's First SMARTflow Platform Streamlines Frustrating Processes, Guarantees Accuracy.
Business Wire; 9/7/2004; 700+ words
; ...HIPAA headache today with the launch of MEDIAN, the industry's first solution built on the SMARTflow(TM) platform. MEDIAN improves cash flow, reduces costs...forcing technology or process change. MEDIAN also facilitates immediate compliance...
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Median price of home sales rises 5.7%
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/12/2000; ; 700+ words
; Median price of home sales rises 5.7% State...sales July 1 to Oct. 1 at a $122,500 median price, the Wisconsin Realtors Association...the state's priciest market, showed a median sales price of $200,000 -- the highest...
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California Median Home Price and Sales Rise Sharply, Outpacing National Gains
PR Newswire; 9/26/1997; 700+ words
; ...regions nationwide, while the California median home price also outperformed national...influence home sales. Meanwhile, the median price of an existing single-family detached...5 percent rise over the $180,830 median for the same period in 1996. In comparison...
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Median Home Price Up 11.5 Percent in December, Home Sales Decrease 1.0 Percent, C.A.R. Reports.
PR Newswire; 1/25/2002; 700+ words
; ...in December fell 1.0 percent and the median home price rose 11.5 percent compared...ended the year on a strong note, with the median price climbing to $276,940 compared...that typically influence home sales. The median price of an existing, single-family...
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Median Price of a Home in California Breaks $500,000 for First Time in April, Sales up 2.7 Percent, C.A.R. Reports.
Business Wire; 5/24/2005; 700+ words
; LOS ANGELES -- The median price of an existing home in California...C.A.R.) reported today. "The median price of a home in California topped...typically influence home sales. The median price of an existing, single-family...
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Median Price of a Home in California Increases 15.7 Percent in March, Sales up 7.5 Percent, C.A.R. Reports.
Business Wire; 4/25/2005; 700+ words
; LOS ANGELES -- The median price of an existing home in California...C.A.R.) reported today. "The median price of a home was just shy of a half...typically influence home sales. The median price of an existing, single-family...
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Median Home Price Up 8.5 Percent in October, Home Sales Decrease 9.7 Percent, C.A.R. Reports.
PR Newswire; 11/27/2001; 700+ words
; ...in October fell 9.7 percent and the median home price rose 8.5 percent compared...that typically influence home sales. The median price of an existing, single-family...percent increase over the $251,220 median for October 2000, C.A.R. reported...
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The "median" method for the reduction of noise and trigger jitter on waveform data.
Magazine article from: Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; The "median" method for the reduction of the effect of noise and trigger jitter...the amplitude of the aberration is provided. Key words: aberration; median; median method; noise; overshoot; transition duration; trigger jitter...
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Median Price of a Home in California at $522,590 in May, up 12.8 Percent from Year Ago; Sales Decline 2.1 Percent.
Business Wire; 6/23/2005; 700+ words
; LOS ANGELES -- The median price of an existing home in California...important threshold in April, when the median price rose above $500,000 for the...This trend continued in May, with the median price approaching $525,000. At these...
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Median
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Median The median is a measure of central tendency, like an average. It is a way of describing...them. If the items are arranged in ascending order of magnitude, the median is the value of the middle item. If there is an odd number of items...
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median
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...9, 13, 14, 19, the median is 9, three numbers being...numerals in the group, the median is usually defined as the...opposite side; the three medians of a triangle intersect in a single point, called the median point, or centroid. The...
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median valley
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
median valley ( axial rift , axial trough ) The...of seismic records of earthquakes in the median valley, the inner floor has been found...faults which dip away from the ridge axis. Median valleys develop on slower-spreading ridges...
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median filter
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
median filter A spatial filter which reduces noise in an image by substituting the digital number value of each pixel in an image for the median value calculated from surrounding classes using contours of probability around...
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median network
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
median network A specialist type of maximum-parsimony tree method for phylogenetic...are represented in a reticulate grid in a three-dimensional perspective. Median networks are applied to data where the degree of homoplasy is very high and...
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