Definitions
relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French median, from Latin mediānus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Doublet of mean and mizzen. Cognate with Old English midde, middel (“middle”). More at middle.
Used in a sentence
“Why is not our jugular or throat-veine as much at our command as the mediane [translating mediane]?”
“The Greeks prescribe the median or middle vein to be opened, and so much blood to be taken away as the patient may well spare, and the cut that is made must be wide enough.”
“Seen from street level, the median was clean most days. From the third floor you peered over the benches and trees and saw the trash crowding the subway ventilation grates and paving stones.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Middle value”6 letters
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