Median /(mē"dĭ*an)/
Me·di·an
Median
a.
- Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.
- 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.
Median
n.
- A median line or point. (Geom.)