medially

Variant of medial

medial definition

me·dial (mē′dē əl)

adjective

  1. of or in the middle; neither beginning nor ending; median
  2. nearer the median plane or axis of a body or part
    1. of an average or mean
    2. average; ordinary

Etymology: LL medialis < L medius, middle: see mid

noun

  1. a medial letter
  2. in some alphabets, the form of a letter that is used as neither an initial nor final letter

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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