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Midway vs Median - What's the difference?

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In us terms the difference between midway and median

is that midway is the widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned while median is the median strip; the area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.

As nouns the difference between midway and median

is that midway is the middle; the midst while median is a central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm.

As adjectives the difference between midway and median

is that midway is being in the middle of the way or distance; middle while median is situated in the middle; central, intermediate.

As an adverb midway

is halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points.

As a proper noun Midway

is a town in Alabama.

midway

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The middle; the midst.
  • A middle way or manner; a mean or middle course between extremes.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • * Milton
  • Paths indirect, or in the midway faint.
  • (US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
  • (US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points
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    median

    English

    (wikipedia median)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * , II.3:
  • Why is not our jugular or throat-veine as much at our command as the mediane ?
  • * , II.5.2:
  • 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.
  • (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.
  • Synonyms

    * (median strip) central reservation

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * median line * median strip

    See also

    * average * mean * mode

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