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English Dictionary: medial by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
medial
adj
  1. dividing an animal into right and left halves [syn: medial, median]
  2. relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
    Synonym(s): median, medial
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Media \[d8]Me"di*a\, n.; pl. {Medi[91]} (-[emac]). [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[91] (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[82]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}.
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