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   ‖Media, n.; pl. Mediae (-ē). [NL., fr. L. medius middle.]
   1. (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes β, δ, γ (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, π, τ, κ (p, t, k), and the aspiratae  (aspirates) φ, θ, χ (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.
   
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   Medial (mēdĭal), a. [L. medialis, fr. medius middle: cf. F. médial. See Middle.] Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, “medial alligation”.
   
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   Medial, n. (Phonetics) See 2d Media.
   
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