What is "middle ages"

Middle \Mid"dle\ (m[i^]d"d'l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]27

1. See Mid, a.] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.

2. Intermediate; intervening.

   Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends.
   --Sir J. Davies.

   Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted.

   Middle Ages, the period of time intervening between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters. Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century.

   Middle class, in England, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors

   The middle-class electorate of Great Britain.
   --M. Arnold.

   Middle distance. (Paint.) See Middle-ground.

   Middle English. See English, n., 2.

   Middle Kingdom, China.

   Middle oil (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170[deg] and 230[deg] Centigrade; -- distinguished from the light oil, and the heavy oil or dead oil.

   Middle passage, in the slave trade, that part of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies.

   Middle post. (Arch.) Same as King-post.

   Middle States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern States (or New England) and the Southern States. [U.S.]

   Middle term (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion.
   --Brande.

   Middle tint (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint.
   --Fairholt.

   Middle voice. (Gram.) See under Voice.

   Middle watch, the period from midnight to four a. m.; also, the men on watch during that time.
   --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

   Middle weight, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as light weights, heavy weights, etc.

"period between ancient and modern times" (formerly roughly 500-1500 C.E., now more usually 1000-1500), attested from 1610s, translating Latin medium aevum (compare German mittelalter, French moyen âge).

The Middle Ages was a period in Western history spanning the time from the 5th to the 16th century (approximately: 400–1500)

Middle Ages or middle age may also refer to:

• Middle age, a stage of life
• Middle Age: A Romance, a novel by Joyce Carol Oates
• The Middle Ages (play), the play by A. R. Gurney
• Middle Ages (TV series), an American television series

Medieval or Mediaeval (the adjectival form of "Middle Ages") may refer to:

• Middle Ages, the European historical period from the 5th to the 15th century (476-1453). By analogy, the term is also used to refer to periods in nations outside of Europe having similarities in social and military development, such as seen in:
  • History of Japan#Feudal Japan (1185–1868)
  • Medieval history of Sri Lanka
  • Medieval India
• Medieval architecture a term used to represent various forms of architecture popular in the Middle Ages
• Medieval music, the music tradition of Europe from 500 to 1500
• Medieval Times, an American dinner theater
• Medieval rock, modern post 1980s goth, metal and folk tradition that use the Middle Ages as inspiration
• Medieval: Total War, a computer strategy game
• Medieval II: Total War, a computer strategy game that is a sequel to Medieval: Total War

Middle Ages is an American comedy-drama television series that aired from September 3 until October 1, 1992.