medial

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various things that occur in the middle.
  2. Any of various things that occur in the middle.; One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
    — medial allegation
  2. Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.; Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.
    — The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.
  3. Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.; Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media.
    — Mönckeberg medial sclerosis
  4. Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.; Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
  5. Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.; (of a speech sound, or a character or sequence thereof) In the middle of a word.
  6. Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.; (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.
    — Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
  7. Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.; Closer to the addressee.

词形变化

more medial comparative most medial superlative medials plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Italic *meðjos
Latin medius
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin mediālisbor.
English medial
Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Italic *meðjos
Latin medius
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin mediālisbor.
English medial
Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
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