Mediae

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  media
       See {medium}
       [also: {mediae} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mediae
       See {media}