medial
me·di·al
adj \ˈmē-dē-əl\Definition of MEDIAL
2
a : being or occurring in the middle b : extending toward the middle; especially : lying or extending toward the median axis of the body
3
: situated between the extremes of initial and final in a word or morpheme
— medial noun
— me·di·al·ly \-ə-lē\ adverb
Examples of MEDIAL
- <four is the medial number between one and seven>
Origin of MEDIAL
Late Latin medialis, from Latin medius
First Known Use: 1570
Related to MEDIAL
Synonyms: central, halfway, intermediary, intermediate, middle, median, mediate, medium, mid, midmost
Antonyms: extreme, farthest, farthermost, furthermost, furthest, outermost, outmost, remotest, utmost
Related Words: equidistant; inmost, inner, innermost, nearest; betwixt and between, borderline, gray (also grey), in-between
Near Antonyms: outer, peripheral
Rhymes with MEDIAL
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