Median point
- Median Me"di*an (m[=e]"d[i^]*an), a. [L. medianus, fr. medius
middle. See {Medial}.]
1. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a
median groove.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster]
{Median 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Median — Me di*an (m[=e] d[i^]*an), a. [L. medianus, fr. medius middle. See {Medial}.] 1. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Median line — Median Me di*an (m[=e] d[i^]*an), a. [L. medianus, fr. medius middle. See {Medial}.] 1. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Median plane — Median Me di*an (m[=e] d[i^]*an), a. [L. medianus, fr. medius middle. See {Medial}.] 1. Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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