[syn: median, medial]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Medial \Me"di*al\, n. (Phonetics)
See 2d Media.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Medial \Me"di*al\ (m[=e]"d[i^]*al), a. [L. medialis, fr. medius
middle: cf. F. m['e]dial. See Middle.]
Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial
alligation.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Media \Me"di*a\, n.; pl. Mediae (-[=e]). [NL., fr. L. medius
middle.]
1. (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes [beta], [delta],
[gamma] (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in
other languages, so named as intermediate between the
tenues, [pi], [tau], [kappa] (p, t, k), and the aspiratae
(aspirates) [phi], [theta], [chi] (ph or f, th, ch). Also
called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft
mute.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
medial
adj 1: dividing an animal into right and left halves [syn:
medial, median]
2: relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
[syn: median, medial]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "medial":
amidships, average, banal, center, centermost, central, common,
core, equatorial, equidistant, fair, fairish, halfway, indifferent,
intercurrent, interior, interjacent, intermediary, intermediate,
intervenient, intervening, mean, median, mediocre, mediterranean,
medium, mesial, mesne, mezzo, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road,
middlemost, middling, midland, midmost, midships, midway, moderate,
normal, nuclear, ordinary, routine, standard, usual