Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music: In Gregorian music, an inflection, modulation, or deviation from monotone, used to mark a partial break in the text, as at the end of a clause. It consists of a downward step of a minor third. See
accent , 8. - noun A tenor or alto voice or voice-part; a mean.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The third or middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
middle finger ; thethird digit , or that which corresponds to it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"medius" cliff: and the whole work is so arranged as to suit the library of the musical student, and to be fit for use in the Choir.
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"medius" cliff: and the whole work is so arranged as to suit the library of the musical student, and to be fit for use in the Choir.
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"medius" cliff: and the whole work is so arranged as to suit the library of the musical student, and to be fit for use in the Choir.
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"medius" cliff: and the whole work is so arranged as to suit the library of the musical student, and to be fit for use in the Choir.
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Because the hip muscles, specifically the gluteus medius, minimus and maximus stabilize the leg during gait, poor strength or conditioning of these muscles results in excessive stress at and below the knee.
FitBits - Fitness News You Can Use William Harryman 2009
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Faut is the interval-between every finger, Ratab between index and medius, and Atab between medius and annularis.
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Then they call for repeatedly moving an isolated body part or an obscure muscle -- such as the gluteus medius -- in an unnatural way.
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The stylopharyngeus, constrictor pharyngis superior, c.p. medius and c.p. inferior make up the muscles of the pharynx.
Muscles Part 2 2008
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The modern Italian does the same by inserting the thumb-tip between the index and medius to suggest the clitoris.
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For the medius terminus being to join the extremes, i.e. the intermediate ideas, by its intervention, to show the agreement or disagreement of the two in question, would not the position of the medius terminus be more natural, and show the agreement or disagreement of the extremes clearer and better, if it were placed in the middle between them?
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