||Me"di*a , n.;
pl. Mediæ (-ē).
[NL., fr. L. medius middle.]
(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
aspiratæ (aspirates) φ, θ, χ (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.
||Me"di*a (?), n.,
pl. of Medium.
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