GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Median (mēdĭan), a. [L. medianus, fr. medius middle. See Medial.]
   1. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, “a median groove”.
   
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   2. (Zool.) 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”.
   
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   Median line. (a) (Anat.) Any line in the mesial plane; specif., either of the lines in which the mesial plane meets the surface of the body. (b) (Geom.) The line drawn from an angle of a triangle to the middle of the opposite side; any line having the nature of a diameter. -- Median plane (Anat.), the mesial plane. -- Median point (Geom.), the point where the three median lines of a triangle mutually intersect.
   
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   Median, n. (Geom.) A median line or point.
   
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