medial
英 ['mi?d??l]
美['mid??l]
- adj. 中間的；平均的；普通的
- n. [語] 中間字母
暢通詞匯
中文詞源
medial 中間的
來自拉丁語medius,在中間，詞源同middle.
英文詞源
- medial
- medial: see medium
- medial (adj.)
- 1560s, "pertaining to a mathematical mean," from Late Latin medialis "of the middle," from Latin medius "in the middle," from PIE *medhyo- "middle" (cognates: Sanskrit madhyah, Avestan madiya- "middle," Greek mesos, Gothic midjis, Old English midd "middle," Old Church Slavonic medzu "between," Armenian mej "middle"); perhaps related to PIE root *me- "between." Meaning "occupying a middle position" is attested from 1721.
- medial (n.)
- "a medial letter," 1776, from medial (adj.).