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单词 medial
释义

medial

[ mee-dee-uhl ]
/ ˈmi di əl /
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adjective

situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
pertaining to a mean or average; average.
ordinary.
Phonetics. within a word or syllable; neither initial nor final, as the t, a, and n in stand.
Entomology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the media.

noun

Phonetics.
  1. a medial sound or letter.
  2. media2 (def. 1).

Origin of medial

First recorded in 1560–70, medial is from the Late Latin word mediālis middle. See medium, -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM medial

Words nearby medial

mediacy, mediad, mediaeval, media event, mediagenic, medial, medial cord of brachial plexus, medial crest, medial cuneiform bone, medial cutaneous nerve of arm, medial cutaneous nerve of calf
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British Dictionary definitions for medial

medial
/ (ˈmiːdɪəl) /

adjective

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

noun

phonetics a speech sound between being fortis and lenis; media

Derived forms of medial

medially, adverb

Word Origin for medial

C16: from Late Latin mediālis, from medius middle
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for medial

medial
[ mēdē-əl ]

adj.

Relating to, situated in, or extending toward the middle; median.
Being or relating to an average or a mean.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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