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Median: The middle number in a set of numbers. If you put all the numbers in order, the median is the one in the middle. Half of the numbers are greater than the median and half are less than the median.
Definition: The median is the middle value in a set of numbers. It is the value that separates the higher half from the lower half of the data set. It is different from the mean, which is the average of all the values in the set.
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The examples illustrate how the median is the value that divides the data set into two equal parts. It is useful in statistics to give a better understanding of the central tendency of the data.