median vs thick

median

adj
  • Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something). 

  • In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb. 

  • Having the median as its value. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side. 

  • The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic; the median strip. 

thick

adj
  • Heavy in build; thickset. 

  • Densely crowded or packed. 

  • Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. 

  • Having a viscous consistency. 

  • Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated. 

  • Detailed and expansive; substantive. 

  • Stupid. 

  • Friendly or intimate. 

  • Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips. 

  • Impenetrable to sight. 

  • Deep, intense, or profound. 

  • Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension. 

  • Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin. 

  • Abounding in number. 

adv
  • Frequently or numerously. 

  • In a thick manner. 

noun
  • A stupid person; a fool. 

  • The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something. 

  • A thicket. 

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