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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Median

/(mē"dĭ*an)/ · Me·di·an · IPA /ˈmi.di.ən/
01 a. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.
  1. 1.
    Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.
  2. 2.
    Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Median line — Any line in the mesial plane; specif., either of the lines in which the mesial plane meets the surface of the body.
Median plane — the mesial plane.
Median point — the point where the three median lines of a triangle mutually intersect.
02 n. A median line or point.
  1. 1.
    A median line or point.(Geom.)