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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Media \Me"di*a\, noun; pl. {Medi[ae]} (-[=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 aspirat[ae] (aspirates) [phi], [theta], [chi] (ph or f, th, ch). Also called {middle mute}, or {medial}, and sometimes {soft mute}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Medial \Me"di*al\ (m[=e]"d[i^]*al), adjective [L. medialis, fr. medius middle: cf. F. m['e]dial. See {Middle}.] Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Medial \Me"di*al\, noun (Phonetics) See 2d {Media}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
medial
adjective
1: dividing an animal into right and left halves [syn: {median}]
2: relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle [syn: {median}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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