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Webster 1913 Edition


Media

‖

Me′di-a

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Mediae
(-ē)
.
[NL., fr. L.
medius
middle.]
1.
(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
.