median

médiane

Valeur au milieu d’une liste de nombres ordonnés, ou moyenne des deux valeurs centrales s’il y en a deux.

En anglais simple : The middle value in an ordered list of numbers, or the average of the two middle values.

• The median is ten.
• We calculated the median of the test scores.
• A few very high salaries barely changed the median.

Comment l'utiliser : median of something (The median of these five numbers is twelve.)

Synonymes : middle value

Expressions courantes : calculate the median, median of something, sample median

terre-plein central

Bande de terrain ou barrière séparant les véhicules qui circulent en sens opposés.

En anglais simple : A strip of land or a barrier between traffic travelling in opposite directions.

• The car hit the median.
• Trees grow along the highway median.
• A concrete median separates the two directions of traffic.

Synonymes : central reservation, divider

Expressions courantes : grassy median, highway median, median strip

médiane

Segment reliant un sommet d’un triangle au milieu du côté opposé.

En anglais simple : A straight line from a corner of a triangle to the middle of its opposite side.

• Draw a median in this triangle.
• The three medians meet at one point.
• Each median divides the triangle into two equal areas.

Comment l'utiliser : median of a triangle (Draw one median of the triangle.)

Expressions courantes : triangle median, draw a median, median of something

médian

Qui concerne la valeur centrale de nombres classés du plus petit au plus grand.

En anglais simple : Describing the middle value when numbers are arranged from lowest to highest.

• The median age is thirty.
• Median house prices rose last year.
• What is the median income in this region?

Expressions courantes : median income, median age, median salary

médian, central

Situé dans la partie ou la zone centrale de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Located in the middle part or area of something.

• The median line divides the design.
• A narrow band occupies the median region.
• The drawing shows the median section of the structure.

Synonymes : central, middle

Contraires : outer

Expressions courantes : median line, median position, median section

médian

Situé au milieu d’une partie ou d’une structure du corps, ou vers ce milieu.

En anglais simple : Located in or towards the middle of a body part or structure.

• The diagram shows the median plane.
• A median section reveals the organ’s inner structure.
• The surgeon identified a small median opening.

Synonymes : midline, central

Expressions courantes : median plane, median structure, median section