medial

[mee-dee-uh l]

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adjective

situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
pertaining to a mean or average; average.
ordinary.

Phonetics. within a word or syllable; neither initial nor final, as the t, a, and n in stand.
Entomology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the media.

noun

Phonetics.
1. a medial sound or letter.
2. media²(def 1).

Origin of medial

First recorded in 1560–70, medial is from the Late Latin word mediālis middle. See medium, -al¹

Related formsme·di·al·ly, adverbpost·me·di·al, adjectivesub·me·di·al, adjectivesub·me·di·al·ly, adverbsu·per·me·di·al, adjectivesu·per·me·di·al·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for medially

Historical Examples

The curved figure shown in b represents three feathers; a large one on each side, inclosing a medially smaller member.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895
Jesse Walter Fewkes
Figure a of the same plate is characterized by a medially placed triangle and a graceful pendant from which hangs seven feathers.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895
Jesse Walter Fewkes
Medially this attachment continues posteriorly for about one-half the length of the hyoglossus.
Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca
William E. Duellman
Medially the nasals overlap the lateral margins of the sphenethmoid.
A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus
Linda Trueb
Medially, the concave margin of the postorbital meets the supratemporal for about 3.5 mm.
A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas
Theodore H. Eaton

British Dictionary definitions for medially

medial

adjective

of or situated in the middle
ordinary or average in size
maths relating to an average
another word for median (def. 1), median (def. 2), median (def. 3)
zoology of or relating to a media

noun

phonetics a speech sound between being fortis and lenis; media

Derived Formsmedially, adverb

Word Origin

C16: from Late Latin mediālis, from medius middle

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Word Origin and History for medially

adv.

1804, from medial (adj.) + -ly (2).

medial

adj.

1560s, "pertaining to a mathematical mean," from Late Latin medialis "of the middle," from Latin medius "in the middle," from PIE *medhyo- "middle" (cf. Sanskrit madhyah, Avestan madiya- "middle," Greek mesos, Gothic midjis, Old English midd "middle," Old Church Slavonic medzu "between," Armenian mej "middle"); perhaps related to PIE root *me- "between." Meaning "occupying a middle position" is attested from 1721.

medial

n.

"a medial letter," 1776, from medial (adj.).

medially in Medicine

medial

(mē′dē-əl)

adj.

Relating to, situated in, or extending toward the middle; median.
Being or relating to an average or a mean.

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Examples from the Web for medially

Historical Examples

The curved figure shown in b represents three feathers; a large one on each side, inclosing a medially smaller member.

Figure a of the same plate is characterized by a medially placed triangle and a graceful pendant from which hangs seven feathers.

Medially this attachment continues posteriorly for about one-half the length of the hyoglossus.

Medially the nasals overlap the lateral margins of the sphenethmoid.

Medially, the concave margin of the postorbital meets the supratemporal for about 3.5 mm.

medial

Word Origin

Word Origin and History for medially

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