median

mediana

Valore al centro di una lista ordinata di numeri, oppure media dei due valori centrali se sono due.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: median of something (The median of these five numbers is twelve.)

Sinonimi: middle value

Espressioni comuni: calculate the median, median of something, sample median

spartitraffico

Striscia di terreno o barriera che separa il traffico diretto in direzioni opposte.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: central reservation, divider

Espressioni comuni: grassy median, highway median, median strip

mediana

Segmento che unisce un vertice di un triangolo al punto medio del lato opposto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: median of a triangle (Draw one median of the triangle.)

Espressioni comuni: triangle median, draw a median, median of something

mediano

Relativo al valore centrale quando i numeri sono ordinati dal più piccolo al più grande.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Espressioni comuni: median income, median age, median salary

mediano, centrale

Situato nella parte o nella zona centrale di qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: central, middle

Contrari: outer

Espressioni comuni: median line, median position, median section

mediano

Situato al centro di una parte o struttura del corpo, oppure verso quel centro.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: midline, central

Espressioni comuni: median plane, median structure, median section