Medial vs. Median — What's the Difference?

Situated in the middle.

In statistics and probability theory, the median is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution. For a data set, it may be thought of as "the middle" value.

Relating to, situated in, or extending toward the middle; median.

Relating to, located in, or extending toward the middle.

(Linguistics) Being a sound, syllable, or letter occurring between the initial and final positions in a word or morpheme.

(Anatomy) Of, relating to, or situated in or near the plane that divides a bilaterally symmetrical animal into right and left halves; mesial.

(Mathematics) Being or relating to an average or a mean.

(Statistics) Relating to or constituting the middle value in a distribution.

Average; ordinary.

A median point, plane, line, or part.

A voiced stop, such as (b), (d), or (g). Also called media2.

The dividing area, either paved or landscaped, between opposing lanes of traffic on some highways. Also called regionally boulevard, mall, median strip, meridian, neutral ground.

A sound, letter, or form of a letter that is neither initial nor final.

(Statistics) The middle value in a distribution, above and below which lie an equal number of values.

(math) Of or pertaining to a mean or average.

A line that joins a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.

Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.

The line that joins the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezoid.

Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.

A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm.

(anatomy) Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media.

(geometry) A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.

(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.

(phonetics) of a speech sound In the middle of a word.

(US) The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic; the median strip.

(phonetics) of a consonant Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.

(anatomy) Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something).

(linguistics) Closer to the addressee.

In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.

Any of various things that occur in the middle.

(statistics) Having the median as its value.

One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.

Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.

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.

See 2d Media.

A median line or point.

Dividing an animal into right and left halves

The value below which 50% of the cases fall

Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle

Relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set);

Dividing an animal into right and left halves

Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle