Middle /(mĭd"d'l)/

Mid·dle

Middle

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.
    The middle-class electorate of Great Britain.

Middle

n.
  1. The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion
    In this, as in most questions of state, there is a middle.