01 a. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.
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Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.
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2.
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.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Median line —
Any line in the mesial plane; specif., either of the lines in which the mesial plane meets the surface of the body.
Median plane —
the mesial plane.
Median point —
the point where the three median lines of a triangle mutually intersect.