MEDIAN


Meaning of MEDIAN in English

adj. & n.

--adj. situated in the middle.

--n.

1. Anat. a median artery, vein, nerve, etc.

2 Geom. a straight line drawn from any vertex of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side.

3 Math. the middle value of a series of values arranged in order of size.

Derivatives:

medianly adv.

Etymology: F m{eacute}diane or L medianus (as MEDIAL)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.