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mediae |
1 definition found 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}.
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