In a sequence of numbers arranged from smallest to largest: The middle number, when such a sequence has an odd number of values. For example, in the sequence 3, 4, 14, 35, 280, the median is 14. The average of the two middle numbers, when such a sequence has an even number of values. For example, in the sequence 4, 8, 10, 56, the median is 9 (the average of 8 and 10). Compare arithmetic mean, average, mode. A line joining a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.
Romanticism emphasized. 1. a focus on individual, unique traits. 2. a commitment to group solidarity. 3. calmness and rationality. 4. the common and everyday. 5. fascination with the future. Follow.
Romanticism as literary, artistic, or personal style. Romantic emotion often has an inner-outer orientation: the inner self and nature way out there (separate from everyday society). One's inmost soul or self is touched by the beauty of nature, or reaches out to that beauty in the country, the mountains, the stars.