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median

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  1. average               
 
1. me.di.an \'me-d-e--*n\ n 1: a medial part  2: a value in an ordered set 
   of values below and above which there are an e qual number of values 3a: a 
   line from a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side  3b: 
   a line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezoid 
2. median aj [MF or L; MF, fr. L medianus, fr. medius middle - more at 
   MID)M 1: being in the middle or in an intermediate position : MEDIAL  2: 
   equivalent in lightness to median gray  3: relating to or constituting a 
   statistical median  4: lying in the plane dividing a bilateral animal into 
   right and left halv es 5: produced without occlusion along the lengthwise 
   middle line of the tong ue - me.di.an.ly av