Definitions for medial

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medial me·di·al

Spelling: [mee-dee-uh l]

IPA: /ˈmi di əl/

Medial is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in medial (adeilm).

Definitions for medial

noun

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

adjective

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

Origin of medial

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

Examples for medial

The clouds were just coming up as we halted on the medial moraine.

The interchange is less common in medial positions: in swndir X 106.

On the medial moraine one mile from the front there was no measureable displacement.

medial q is usually written (chi), representing the fricative pronunciation: Ealuin and similar.

Some geologists have called the coal-measures the medial formation.

Verbs with medial ck have double preterites, as decken, to cover, pret.

Accordingly, we may reconstruct the medial man from the truth as found in nature.

All the rock contours show this, and so do the medial moraines.

Its terminal, lateral, and medial moraines are small but distinct.

The pleura may reach as high as the medial border of the rib.