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median

/mɪˈdiːən/ noun · British & US
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What does median mean?

noun

A middle value in a list of numbers or a middle position in a sequence. In statistics, the median is the middle value of a data set when it is ordered from smallest to largest.

Example

"The median income in the city is higher than the national average."

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