medial

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: me=di=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

medial, a. [L. medialis, fr. medius middle: cf. F. médial. See Middle.].

 Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.  [1913 Webster]

medial, n. 

 See 2d Media.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

medial, adj.
1 situated in the middle.
2 of average size.

Derivative

medially adv.

Etymology

LL medialis f. L medius middle

THESAURUS

medial

amidships, average, banal, center, centermost, central, common, core, equatorial, equidistant, fair, fairish, halfway, indifferent, intercurrent, interior, interjacent, intermediary, intermediate, intervenient, intervening, mean, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, mesial, mesne, mezzo, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, middlemost, middling, midland, midmost, midships, midway, moderate, normal, nuclear, ordinary, routine, standard, usual

ROGET THESAURUS

medial

Middle

N middle, midst, mediety, mean, medium, middle term, center &c, mid-course, mezzo termine, juste milieu, halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos, nucleus, nucleolus, equidistance, bisection, half distance, equator, diaphragm, midriff, intermediate, middle, medial, mesial, mean, mid, median, average, middlemost, midmost, mediate, intermediate, equidistant, central, mediterranean, equatorial, homocentric, in the middle, midway, halfway, midships, amidships, in medias res.