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Median

See also: median, médian, medían, and medián

English

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Etymology

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From Media +‎ -n.

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Adjective

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Median (not comparable)

  1. Relating to Media or Medes. [from 16th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Of laws, rules etc.: unchanging, invariable. [17th–19th c.]
    • 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest:
      ‘This proceeding,’ interposed the president, ‘is by no means in accordance with the terms of the mulct or sentence, which is in its nature Median, and not to be altered or recalled.’
    • 1856, Richard F. Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, Könemann, published 2000, page 50:
      And if you venture to object to these Median laws, – as I am now doing, – you elicit a chorus of disapproval, and acquire some evil name.

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Noun

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Median (plural Medians)

  1. A Mede.

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Mede — see Mede

Proper noun

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Median

  1. The northwestern Old Iranian language of the Medes, attested only by numerous loanwords in Old Persian, few borrowings in Old Armenian and some glosses in Ancient Greek; nothing is known of its grammar.

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈdi̯aːn/
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Noun

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Median m (strong, genitive Medians, plural Mediane)

  1. (statistics) median (measure of central tendency)
    Synonym: Zentralwert

Declension

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Declension of Median [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Median die Mediane
genitive eines des Medians der Mediane
dative einem dem Median den Medianen
accusative einen den Median die Mediane

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