mediae

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mediae - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Media \Me"di*a\, n.; pl. Mediae (-[=e]). [NL., fr. L. medius
     middle.]
     1. (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes [beta], [delta],
        [gamma] (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in
        other languages, so named as intermediate between the
        tenues, [pi], [tau], [kappa] (p, t, k), and the aspiratae
        (aspirates) [phi], [theta], [chi] (ph or f, th, ch). Also
        called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft  mute
        .
        [1913 Webster]