Mid vs Median - What's the difference?
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Denoting the middle part.
Occupying a middle position; middle.
(linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld).
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(statistics) The quantity or value at the midpoint of a set of values, such that the variable is equally likely to fall above or below it; the middle value of a discrete series arranged in magnitude (or the mean of the middle two terms when there is an even number of terms).
(US) The median strip; the area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.
Situated in the middle; central, intermediate.
(anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.
(statistics) Having the median as its value.
Mid is a related term of median.
As a noun mid
is (computing) mobile information device.As a verb median is
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English
(Webster 1913)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) mid, midde, from (etyl) . See also middle .Adjective
(-)- mid ocean
- mid finger
- mid hour of night
Derived terms
* mid-autumn * midfall * midseason * midshipman * midsummer * mid-winterEtymology 3
From (etyl) mid, midde, from (etyl) . See also median, Latin medianus.Anagrams
* * * ----median
English
(wikipedia median)Noun
(en noun)- Why is not our jugular or throat-veine as much at our command as the mediane ?
- The Greeks prescribe the median or middle vein to be opened, and so much blood to be taken away as the patient may well spare, and the cut that is made must be wide enough.