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mediate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mediatus, past participle of mediare (“to divide in the middle”) (in Medieval Latin, also “to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate”), from Latin medius (“middle”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) (US) IPA(key): /?midie?t/
- (adjective) (US) IPA(key): /?midi.?t/
Verb
mediate (third-person singular simple present mediates, present participle mediating, simple past and past participle mediated)
- (transitive) To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
- (intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
- To divide into two equal parts.
- 1701, William Holder, A Discourse Concerning Time
- Space from the elevation of one Foot, to the same Foot set down again, mediated by a step of the other Foot a Pace […]
- 1701, William Holder, A Discourse Concerning Time
- To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.
- To act as a spiritualistic medium.
Related terms
- mean
- median
- mediation
- mediator
- medium
Translations
Adjective
mediate
- Acting through a mediating agency, indirect.
- 1861, Sir William Hamilton, The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton (page 318)
- The Leibnitzio-Wolfians distinguish three acts in the process of representative cognition: — 1° the act of representing a (mediate) object to the mind; 2° the representation, or, to speak more properly, representamen, itself as an (immediate or vicarious) object exhibited to the mind; 3° the act by which the mind is conscious, immediately of the representative object, and, through it, mediately of the remote object represented.
- 1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf
- Vygotsky saw the development of language and mental powers as neither learned, in the ordinary way, nor emerging epigenetically, but as being social and mediate in nature, as arising from the interaction of adult and child, and as internalizing the cultural instrument of language for the processes of thought.
- 1861, Sir William Hamilton, The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton (page 318)
- Intermediate between extremes.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?)
- Gained or effected by a medium or condition.
- mediate positive proof
Derived terms
- immediate
- immediately
- mediately
Translations
Further reading
- mediate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mediate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- medaite
Italian
Adjective
mediate f pl
- feminine plural of mediato
Verb
mediate
- second-person plural present of mediare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of mediare
- second-person plural imperative of mediare
- feminine plural past participle of mediare
Latin
Participle
medi?te
- vocative masculine singular of medi?tus
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median
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French median, from Latin medianus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *méd?yos (“middle”). Doublet of mean and mizzen. Cognate with Old English midde, middel (“middle”). More at middle.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mi?d??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mi?di.?n/
Noun
median (plural medians)
- (anatomy, now rare) A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm. [from 15th c.]
- (geometry) A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
- (statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.]
- (US) The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic; the median strip. [from 20th c.]
Synonyms
- (median strip): central reservation
Hypernyms
- quantile
Coordinate terms
- (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), quintile (5), sextile (6), septile (7), octile (8), decile (10), hexadecile (16), ventile/vigintile (20), centile/percentile (100)
Related terms
- mean
- mediate
- mediation
- mediator
- medium
- mediocre
- mediocrity
Translations
Adjective
median (not comparable)
- Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something). [from 16th c.]
- (anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb. [from 16th c.]
- (statistics) Having the median as its value. [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
- median line
- median strip
Translations
See also
- average
- mean
- mode
Anagrams
- Damien, Eidman, Maiden, Manide, Medina, Midean, aidmen, demain, maenid, maiden, mained, medina, meidan
Esperanto
Adjective
median
- accusative singular of media
Finnish
Noun
median
- Genitive singular form of media.
Anagrams
- maiden
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch mediaan, from Latin medianus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *méd?yos (“middle”). Doublet of madya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [me?dian]
- Hyphenation: mé?di?an
Noun
median or médian
- median,
- (statistics) the number separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half.
- (geometry) a line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
- the median strip; the area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.
- medium, anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
- Synonym: sedang
- (printing, dated) pica: 12-point type
- (printing, dated) mediaan, a former Nederland paper size, 470 mm × 560 mm.
Related terms
Further reading
- “median” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
Etymology
From French médian, from Latin medianus.
Adjective
median m or n (feminine singular median?, masculine plural medieni, feminine and neuter plural mediene)
- median
Declension
Spanish
Verb
median
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of mediar.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of mediar.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin medianus; cf. English median.
Noun
median c
- median value
Declension
Related terms
- medianvärde
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