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