medial

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See also: médial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiː.di.əl/
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  • Rhymes: -iːdiəl

Adjective

medial (comparative more medial, superlative most medial)

  2. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
    medial allegation
  3. Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.
    2. (anatomy, zootomy) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.
      The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.
      Coordinate terms: mesial, median
      Antonym: lateral
    4. (anatomy) Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media.
      Mönckeberg medial sclerosis
    6. (entomology) Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
    8. (phonetics, linguistics) (of a speech sound, or a character or sequence thereof) In the middle of a word.
    10. (phonetics) (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
      • 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate , New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, , →OCLC:
        Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
    12. (linguistics) Closer to the addressee.

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Noun

medial (plural medials)

  1. Any of various things that occur in the middle.
    1. One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medialis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

medial (strong nominative masculine singular medialer, not comparable)

  1. medial

Declension

Positive forms of medial (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist medial sie ist medial es ist medial sie sind medial
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative medialer mediale mediales mediale
genitive medialen medialer medialen medialer
dative medialem medialer medialem medialen
accusative medialen mediale mediales mediale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der mediale die mediale das mediale die medialen
genitive des medialen der medialen des medialen der medialen
dative dem medialen der medialen dem medialen den medialen
accusative den medialen die mediale das mediale die medialen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein medialer eine mediale ein mediales (keine) medialen
genitive eines medialen einer medialen eines medialen (keiner) medialen
dative einem medialen einer medialen einem medialen (keinen) medialen
accusative einen medialen eine mediale ein mediales (keine) medialen

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French médial, from Latin medialis.

Adjective

medial m or n (feminine singular medială, masculine plural mediali, feminine and neuter plural mediale)

  1. medial

Declension

Declension of medial
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite medial medială mediali mediale
definite medialul mediala medialii medialele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite medial mediale mediali mediale
definite medialului medialei medialilor medialelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediālis. Cf. also meaja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈdjal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: me‧dial

Adjective

medial m or f (masculine and feminine plural mediales)

  1. medial

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