Averages come in three flavors: mean, median, and mode.
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Median
//ˈmi.di.ən//
Synonyms for "median" (100 found)
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Strong matches (30)
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Related words (50)
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4 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
14 entriesat location
1 entriescoordinate
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
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36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
derived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
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3 entriesTranslations
112 translations across 44 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- ميدي name (language)
- وَسِيط noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Armenian
4 entries- մարական adj (relating to Media or Medes)
- մեդական adj (relating to Media or Medes)
- մարերեն name (language)
- մեդերեն name (language)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- Midiya dili name (language)
- median noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
- median noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Belarusian
1 entries- медыя́на noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Bulgarian
3 entries- среден adj (situated in the middle)
- медиа́на noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
- медиана noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
Catalan
4 entries- mede adj (relating to Media or Medes)
- medià adj (situated in the middle)
- mèdic adj (relating to Media or Medes)
- mèdic name (language)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- مادی name (language)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 中位數 /中位数 noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 中位 adj (having the median as its value)
- 中位數 /中位数 noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
- 中線 /中线 noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
Czech
3 entries- mediánový adj (having the median as its value)
- médština name (language)
- medián noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Danish
3 entries- medisk adj (relating to Media or Medes)
- medisk name (language)
- median noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
Dutch
2 entries- mediaan adj (having the median as its value)
- mediaan noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Esperanto
2 entries- mediano noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
- mediano noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Finnish
4 entries- keskeinen adj (situated in the middle)
- keski adj (situated in the middle)
- mediaani adj (having the median as its value)
- meedialainen adj (relating to Media or Medes)
French
4 entries- médian adj (having the median as its value)
- médiane adj (having the median as its value)
- médiane noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
- médiane noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
German
4 entries- medisch adj (relating to Media or Medes)
- mittler adj (having the median as its value)
- Medisch name (language)
- Median noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Greek
2 entries- μεσαίος adj (having the median as its value)
- διάμεσος noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Hebrew
2 entries- חֶצְיוֹן noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
- תִּיכוֹן noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
Hungarian
1 entries- súlyvonal noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
Icelandic
2 entries- miðgildi noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
- miðtala noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Ido
1 entries- mediano noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Indonesian
2 entries- garis berat noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
- median noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Irish
4 entries- Méideach adj (relating to Media or Medes)
- Méidis name (language)
- airmheán noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
- meánlíne noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
Italian
1 entries- mediano noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Japanese
3 entries- 中位数 noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
- 中央値 noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
- 中間数 noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Korean
4 entries- 중간(中間)값 noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
- 중선 noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
- 중앙(中央)값 noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
- 중위수 noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Māori
1 entries- tau waenga noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- medî name (language)
Persian
1 entries- مادی name (language)
Polish
3 entries- medyjski adj (relating to Media or Medes)
- język medyjski name (language)
- mediana noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Portuguese
4 entries- central adj (situated in the middle)
- mediano adj (situated in the middle)
- língua meda name (language)
- mediana noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Romanian
2 entries- mediană noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
- mediană noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Russian
4 entries- медиа́нный adj (having the median as its value)
- мидийский adj (relating to Media or Medes)
- мидийский name (language)
- медиа́на noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Medijski jezik name (language)
- medìjān noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Spanish
4 entries- mediano adj (situated in the middle)
- mediano adj (having the median as its value)
- idioma medo name (language)
- mediana noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Swedish
1 entries- median noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Tagalog
1 entries- gitnaan noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Talysh
1 entries- Midijə zyvon name (language)
Turkish
1 entries- Medce name (language)
Ukrainian
3 entries- медіа́нний adj (having the median as its value)
- Мідійська мова name (language)
- медіа́на noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Urdu
1 entries- مادی زبان name (language)
Vietnamese
3 entries- trung tuyến noun (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side)
- trung vị noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
- trung vị noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Welsh
3 entries- Medaidd adj (relating to Media or Medes)
- canol adj (situated in the middle)
- canolrif noun (statistics: measure of central tendency)
Zazaki
1 entries- Medki name (language)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It is important to know the difference between mean and median.
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Annual median sea level along the U.S. coast has increased by about 9 inches since the early 20th century as oceans have warmed and land ice has melted.
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As the process of union along the median line may err by a defect or omission, so may it, on the other hand, err by an excess of fulfilment, as, for example, when the urethra, the vagina, or the anus are found to be imperforate.
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