midspread

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noun

The interquartile range.

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interquartile rangemiddle fifty
OriginEnglish spread ← Middle English mid ← Old English midd →
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Meanings

nounmidspread (plural midspreads)

plural midspreads

  1. mathematicsThe interquartile range.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna measure of statistical dispersion, being equal to the difference between the upper and lower quartiles.

Similar
interquartile rangemiddle fifty
Broader
statistic
Also see
interquartile range

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Englishspread
  12. Englishmidspread

From mid- + spread.

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Cite this entry
APA

midspread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midspread

MLA

“midspread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midspread. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midspread,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midspread.

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