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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Media \Me"di*a\, n.; pl {Medi[ae]} (-[=e]). [NL., fr L. medius
middle.] (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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medial \Me"di*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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medial \Me"di*al\, n. (Phonetics)
See 2d {Media}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
medial
adj 1: dividing an animal into right and left halves [syn: {median}]
2: relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
[syn: {median}]
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