medial
IPA: mˈidiʌɫ
noun
- Any of various things that occur in the middle.
- One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
adjective
- (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
- Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.
- (anatomy, zootomy) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media.
- (entomology) Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
- (phonetics) (of a speech sound) In the middle of a word.
- (phonetics) (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
- (linguistics) Closer to the addressee.
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