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 is found in many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography, and can be defined as a rejection of the precepts of order, calm, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality that typified Classicism in general and late 18th-century Neo-classicism in particular.