Median

Definition of Median

Me´di`an Pronunciation: mē´dĭ`an

a.

1.

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

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.

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.

n.

1.

(Geom.) A median line or point.

Related Words

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