WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
me•di•al /ˈmidiəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- of, relating to, or in the middle.
- relating to a mean or average.
me•di•al
(mē′dē əl),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
me′di•al•ly, adv.
- situated in or pertaining to the middle;
median;
intermediate. - pertaining to a mean or average;
average. - ordinary.
- Phoneticswithin a word or syllable;
neither initial nor final, as the t, a, and n in stand. - Insects[Entomol.]pertaining to, involving, or situated near the media.
n.
- Phonetics
- a medial sound or letter.
- media2 (def. 1).
- Late Latin mediālis middle. See medium, -al1
- 1560–70
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