The Collaborative International Dictionary
Via \Vi"a\, n. [L. See Way.] A road way.
Via Lactea [L.] (Anat.), the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See Galaxy, 1.
Via media [L.] (Theol.), the middle way; -- a name applied to their own position by the Anglican high-churchmen, as being between the Roman Catholic Church and what they term extreme Protestantism.
Wiktionary
n. A third way; a middle course, a compromise.
WordNet
n. a middle way between two extremes [syn: compromise]
Wikipedia
Via media is a Latin phrase meaning "the middle road" and is a philosophical maxim for life which advocates moderation in all thoughts and actions.
Originating from early Ancient Greek philosophy, where Aristotle (384–322 BCE) taught moderation, urging his students to follow the middle road between extremes, the via media was the dominant philosophical precept by which Ancient Roman civilisation and society was organised.
Usage examples of "via media".
Akili's knowledge miner had already counted more than a hundred new cases of Distress in five minutes-via media reports of people dropping in the streets.
Advocating therefore a Via Media, I would lay down no fixed or absolute line of demarcation.