term; center &c 222, mid-course &c 628; mezzo termine [It]; juste milieu &c 628 [Fr.]; halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos†; nucleus, nucleolus. equidistance†, bisection, half distance; equator, diaphragm, midriff; intermediate &c 228. Adj. middle, medial, mesial [Med.], mean, mid, median, average; middlemost, midmost; mediate; intermediate &c (interjacent) 228; equidistant; central &c 222; mediterranean, equatorial; homocentric. Adv. in the middle; midway, halfway; midships†, amidships, in medias res.