'Medial' definitions:
Definition of 'medial'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Medial'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'medial'
From: GCIDE
- 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}. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'medial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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