medial
- Phonetics.
- a medial sound or letter.
- media2(def 1).
Origin of medial
Related Words for medially
betwixt, amid, among, halfway, in, inserted, intervening, mid, midway, within, amidst, mediallyExamples from the Web for medially
Historical Examples of medially
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 1895Jesse 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 1895Jesse Walter Fewkes
Medially this attachment continues posteriorly for about one-half the length of the hyoglossus.
Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus SmiliscaWilliam E. Duellman
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.
A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of KansasTheodore H. Eaton
medial
- 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
- phonetics a speech sound between being fortis and lenis; media
Word Origin for medial
Word Origin and History for medially
medial
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
"a medial letter," 1776, from medial (adj.).
medial
(mē′dē-əl)- Relating to, situated in, or extending toward the middle; median.
- Being or relating to an average or a mean.