Medial

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Medial may refer to:

Mathematics

• Medial axis, 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 magma, a mathematical identity in algebra
• Medial triangle, a triangle with vertices at the midpoints of another triangle's sides

Polyhedra

• Medial deltoidal hexecontahedron, a polyhedron
• Medial disdyakis triacontahedron, a polyhedron
• Medial hexagonal hexecontahedron, a polyhedron
• Medial icosacronic hexecontahedron, a polyhedron
• Medial inverted pentagonal hexecontahedron, a polyhedron
• Medial pentagonal hexecontahedron, a polyhedron
• Medial rhombic triacontahedron, a polyhedron

Linguistics

• Medial consonant, a consonant that is in the middle of a larger phonological unit
• Syllable medial, a segment located between the onset and the rime of a syllable
• Medial s <ſ>, a form of the letter s written in the middle of a word
• Central consonant, a consonant sound that is produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue
• Medial or second person demonstrative, a demonstrative indicating things near the addressee

Anatomy

• Medial (anatomy), term of location meaning 'towards the centre'
• Medial ligament (disambiguation), term used for various ligaments toward the midline of the human body
• Medial rotation, rotation toward the centre of the body

Other uses

• Medial capitals or CamelCase, use of capital letters in the middle of a compound word or abbreviation
• Medial moraine, a ridge in the center of a valley floor

See also

• Medial border (disambiguation)
• Medial plantar (disambiguation)
• Medial wall (disambiguation)
• Median (disambiguation)
• Mid vowel, a vowel sound pronounced with the tongue mid-way between open and closed vowel positions
• Human anatomical terms, Anatomical directions
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