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Webster 1913 Edition
Median
1.
Being in the middle; running through the middle;
as, a
. median
groove2.
(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
covertsMedian 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.
Me′di-an
,Noun.
(Geom.)
A median line or point.