Medial may refer to:
Mathematics
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Medial magma, a mathematical identity in algebra
Geometry
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Medial axis, in geometry the set of all points having more than one closest point on an object's boundary
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Medial graph, another graph that represents the adjacencies between edges in the faces of a plane graph
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Medial triangle, the triangle whose vertices lie at the midpoints of an enclosing triangle's sides
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Medial deltoidal hexecontahedron
In geometry, the medial deltoidal hexecontahedron is a nonconvex Isohedral figure, isohedral polyhedron. It is the Dual polyhedron, dual of the rhombidodecadodecahedron. Its 60 intersecting quadrilateral faces are Kite (geometry), kites.
Propor ...
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Medial disdyakis triacontahedron
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Medial hexagonal hexecontahedron
In geometry, the medial hexagonal hexecontahedron (or midly dentoid ditriacontahedron) is a nonconvex isohedral polyhedron. It is the dual of the uniform snub icosidodecadodecahedron.
Proportions
The faces of the medial hexagonal hexecontahedr ...
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Medial icosacronic hexecontahedron
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Medial inverted pentagonal hexecontahedron
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Medial pentagonal hexecontahedron
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Medial rhombic triacontahedron
Linguistics
* A medial sound or letter is one that is found in the middle of a larger unit (like a word)
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Syllable medial
A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants). Syllables are often considered the phonological "bu ...
, a segment located between the onset and the rime of a syllable
* In the older literature, a term for the
voiced stops (like ''b'', ''d'', ''g'')
* Medial or second person
demonstrative
Demonstratives (abbreviated ) are words, such as ''this'' and ''that'', used to indicate which entities are being referred to and to distinguish those entities from others. They are typically deictic; their meaning depending on a particular frame ...
, a demonstrative indicating things near the addressee
Anatomy
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Medial (anatomy)
Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans. The terms, typically derived from Latin or Greek roots, describe something in its standard anatomical position. This position pro ...
, term of location meaning 'towards the centre'
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Medial ligament (disambiguation), term used for various ligaments toward the midline of the human body
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Medial rotation, rotation toward the centre of the body
See also
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Medial border (disambiguation)
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Medial plantar (disambiguation)
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Medial wall (disambiguation)
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Median (disambiguation)
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Medial capitals or CamelCase, use of capital letters in the middle of a compound word or abbreviation
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Mid vowel
A mid vowel (or a true-mid vowel) is any in a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned midway between an open vowel and a close vowel.
Other names for a mid ...
, a vowel sound pronounced with the tongue midway between open and closed vowel positions
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Medial s <ſ>, a form of the letter ''s'' written in the middle of a word
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Human anatomical terms § Standard terms
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