Medial may refer to:

Mathematics

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

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 * Medial graph, another graph that represents the adjacencies between edges in the faces of a plane graph *

Medial triangle In Euclidean geometry, the medial triangle or midpoint triangle of a triangle is the triangle with vertices at the midpoints of the triangle's sides . It is the case of the midpoint polygon of a polygon with sides. The medial triangle is no ...

, the triangle whose vertices lie at the midpoints of an enclosing triangle's sides * Polyhedra: ** Medial deltoidal hexecontahedron ** Medial disdyakis triacontahedron ** Medial hexagonal hexecontahedron ** Medial icosacronic hexecontahedron ** Medial inverted pentagonal hexecontahedron ** Medial pentagonal hexecontahedron ** Medial rhombic triacontahedron

Linguistics

* A medial sound or letter is one that is found in the middle of a larger unit (like a word) **

Syllable medial A syllable is a basic unit of organization within a sequence of speech sounds, such as within a word, typically defined by linguists as a ''nucleus'' (most often a vowel) with optional sounds before or after that nucleus (''margins'', which are ...

, a segment located between the onset and the rime of a syllable * In the older literature, a term for the

voiced stop In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases. The occlusion may be made with the tongue tip or blade (, ), tongue body (, ), lips ...

s (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

Medial (anatomy) Standard anatomical terms of location are used to describe unambiguously the anatomy of humans and other animals. The terms, typically derived from Latin or Greek roots, describe something in its standard anatomical position. This position prov ...

, term of location meaning 'towards the centre' *

Medial ligament (disambiguation) Medial ligament might refer to: * Medial arcuate ligament, in one's diaphragm * Medial collateral ligament, one of the four major ligaments of the knee * Medial palpebral ligament, near one's nose * Medial pubovesical ligament, from one's bladder t ...

, term used for various ligaments toward the midline of the human body *

Medial rotation Motion, the process of movement, is described using specific anatomical terminology, anatomical terms. Motion includes movement of Organ (anatomy), organs, joints, Limb (anatomy), limbs, and specific sections of the body. The terminology used de ...

, rotation toward the centre of the body

Mathematics

Geometry

Linguistics

Anatomy

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