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medial

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

See also:médial

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmediālis(“middle”), frommedius(“that is in the middle or midst”) +‎-ālis(“-al”,adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.di.əl/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-iːdiəl

Adjective

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medial (comparativemoremedial,superlativemostmedial)

(mathematics) Of or pertaining to amean oraverage.
medial allegation
Situated in or near themiddle; not at either end.
2. (anatomy, zootomy) Pertaining to theinside; closer to themedian plane of the body or themidline of anorgan.
  Coordinate terms:mesial,median
  Antonym:lateral
  Themedial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.
  - 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, inCNN‎^[1]:
    Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) andmedial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.
4. (anatomy) Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to itstunica media.
  Mönckebergmedial sclerosis
6. (entomology) Of or pertaining to themedia and/or the areas of thewing next to it.
8. (phonetics, linguistics)(of aspeech sound, or a character or sequence thereof) In themiddle of aword.
10. (phonetics)(of aconsonant)Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
  - 1892,Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, inThe 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, amedial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
12. (linguistics) Closer to theaddressee.

Coordinate terms

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human anatomy direction adjectivesedit

of or pertaining to a mean or average

Bulgarian:среден (bg)(sreden)
Finnish:keskimääräinen (fi),keski- (fi)
German:mittel (de)
Hungarian:középső (hu),közép- (hu)
Polish:średni (pl)
Romanian:intermediar (ro),median (ro)
Russian:сре́дний (ru)(srédnij)
Spanish:medio (es)

in or near the middle; not at either end

Bulgarian:среден (bg)(sreden)
Finnish:keski- (fi)
German:zentral (de),mittig (de)
Polish:środkowy (pl),centralny (pl)
Romanian:median (ro)

closer to the median plane or midline

Finnish:mediaalinen (fi),sisäpuolinen
German:medial (de),median (de)
Greek:έσω (el)(éso)
Hungarian:belső (hu),bel- (hu),mediális (hu)
Polish:przyśrodkowy
Romanian:median (ro)
Russian:медиа́льный (ru)(mediálʹnyj),среди́нный (ru)(sredínnyj)

of a consonant, central

Finnish:keski- (fi)
German:zentral (de)
Polish:środkowy (pl),centralny (pl)
Romanian:medial (ro)

Noun

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medial (pluralmedials)

Any of various things that occur in themiddle.
1. One or moreletters that occur in themiddle of aword.

References

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“medial”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
“medial”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

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Imelda,mailed,Deilam,Dameli,maelid

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmedialis.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /medˈi̯aːl/
Audio(Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Adjective

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medial (strong nominative masculine singularmedialer,not comparable)

medial

Declension

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Positive forms ofmedial (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er istmedial	sie istmedial	es istmedial	sie sindmedial
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	dermediale	diemediale	dasmediale	diemedialen
	genitive	desmedialen	dermedialen	desmedialen	dermedialen
	dative	demmedialen	dermedialen	demmedialen	denmedialen
	accusative	denmedialen	diemediale	dasmediale	diemedialen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	einmedialer	einemediale	einmediales	(keine)medialen
	genitive	einesmedialen	einermedialen	einesmedialen	(keiner)medialen
	dative	einemmedialen	einermedialen	einemmedialen	(keinen)medialen
	accusative	einenmedialen	einemediale	einmediales	(keine)medialen

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchmédial, fromLatinmedialis.

Adjective

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medial m or n (feminine singularmedială,masculine pluralmediali,feminine/neuter pluralmediale)

medial

Declension

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