Medial
# Medial

Medial may refer to:

## Mathematics

* Medial magma, a mathematical identity in algebra

### Geometry

* 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 triangle, the triangle whose vertices lie at the midpoints of an enclosing triangle's sides
* Polyhedra:
   * Medial deltoidal hexecontahedron
   * Medial disdyakis triacontahedron
   * Medial hexagonal hexecontahedron
   * Medial icosacronic hexecontahedron
   * Medial inverted pentagonal hexecontahedron
   * Medial pentagonal hexecontahedron
   * Medial rhombic triacontahedron

## Linguistics

* A medial sound or letter is one that is found in the middle of a larger unit (like a word)
   * Syllable medial, a segment located between the onset and the rime of a syllable
* In the older literature, a term for the voiced stops (like b, d, g)
* 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
