Me"di*a (?), n.,
pl. of Medium.
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Me"di*a, n.; pl. Mediae (-&emac;). [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 aspiratae (aspirates) φ, θ, χ (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.
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