Midpoint vs Median - What's the difference?
midpoint | median |
A point equidistant between two extremes.
(mathematics) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.
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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.
As nouns the difference between midpoint and median
is that midpoint is a point equidistant between two extremes while median is a central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm.As an adjective median is
situated in the middle; central, intermediate.midpoint
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Alternative forms
* mid-pointNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* midpoint ellipse * midpoint load * midpoint method * midpoint polygon * gyromidpointmedian
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(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.
