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median age

median age noun: the age that divides a population (of a country etc.) into two numerically equivalent groups.

Noun

median age (plural median ages)

  1. The age that divides a population (of a country etc.) into two numerically equivalent groups.
    • In 2020, the median age of the United States population was 38.5 years.
    Synonyms:
    average age

Synonyms of median age

  • average age

Forms of median age

pluralmedian ages

Questions about median age

What does median age mean?
Median age means the age that divides a population (of a country etc.) into two numerically equivalent groups.
What part of speech is median age?
Median age is a noun.
What is the plural of median age?
The plural of median age is median ages.

Words near median age in the dictionary

  1. medialward
  2. medialwards
  3. mediamacro
  4. mediamaking
  5. median
  6. median age
  7. median effective time
  8. median effective times
  9. median egret
  10. median egrets
  11. median eminence

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