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Definition median in British English

median noun

[countable] noun
/ˈmiːdiən/
1

a number that is in the middle of a set when they are arranged in order. For example, in the numbers 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, the median is 4

Example

Their incomes are far higher than the national median.

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3

a line drawn from one of the points of a triangle to the opposite side

Definition median in British English