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  • English Word Medialuna Definition See Half-moon.
  • English Word Median Definition Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.
  • English Word Median Definition Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts.
  • English Word Median Definition A median line or point.
  • English Word Mediant Definition The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.
  • English Word Mediastinal Definition Of or pertaining to a mediastinum.
  • English Word Mediastine Definition Alt. of Mediastinum
  • English Word Mediastinum Definition A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into 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.
  • English Word Mediate Definition Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.
  • English Word Mediate Definition Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.
  • English Word Mediate Definition Gained or effected by a medium or condition.
  • English Word Mediate Definition To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.
  • English Word Mediate Definition To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations.
  • English Word Mediate Definition To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.
  • English Word Mediate Definition To divide into two equal parts.
  • English Word Mediated Definition of Mediate
  • English Word Mediately Definition In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately.
  • English Word Mediateness Definition The state of being mediate.
  • English Word Mediating Definition of Mediate
  • English Word Mediation Definition The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.
  • English Word Mediation Definition Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.
  • English Word Mediative Definition Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as, mediative efforts.
  • English Word Mediatization Definition The act of mediatizing.
  • English Word Mediatize Definition To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank.
  • English Word Mediatized Definition of Mediatize
  • English Word Mediatizing Definition of Mediatize
  • English Word Mediator Definition One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.
  • English Word Mediatorial Definition Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory; as, a mediatorial office.
  • English Word Mediatorship Definition The office or character of a mediator.
  • English Word Mediatory Definition Mediatorial.