Medial may refer to:
Mathematics
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Medial magma
In abstract algebra, a medial magma or medial groupoid is a Magma (algebra), magma or Magma (algebra)#History_and_terminology, groupoid (that is, a Set (mathematics), set with a binary operation) that satisfies the identity (mathematics), identity ...
, a mathematical identity in algebra
Geometry
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Medial axis
The medial axis of an object is the set of all points having more than one closest point on the object's boundary. Originally referred to as the topological skeleton, it was introduced in 1967 by Harry Blum as a tool for biological shape reco ...
, 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
* Polyhedra:
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Medial deltoidal hexecontahedron
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Medial disdyakis triacontahedron
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Medial hexagonal hexecontahedron
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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 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 (list of glossing abbreviations, 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 ...
, a demonstrative indicating things near the addressee
Anatomy
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Medial (anatomy), 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 approximately midway between an open vowel and a close vowel.
Other n ...
, 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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