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b, d, g (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, p, t, k (p, t, k), and the aspiratæ (aspirates) f, th, x (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.

The state or quality of being mediate. Sir W. Hamilton.

Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediæval architecture. [Written also medieval.]

The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages. [Written also medievalism.]

One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages. [Written also medievalist.]

In the manner of the Middle Ages; in accordance with mediævalism.

The people who lived in the Middle Ages. Ruskin.

Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.

See Half-moon.

Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.

Of or pertaining to a mediastinum.

a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels.

Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate. Prior.

In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately. God worketh all things amongst us mediately. Sir W. Raleigh. The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the king. B…

The state of being mediate.

The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention. The soul [acts] by the mediation of these passions. South.

Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as, mediative efforts. Beaconsfield.

The act of mediatizing.

ile allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank. The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield.