Medial straight line
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medial · medial straight line · A · EG · EH · HN · medial area · medial rectangle · the side of the square equal to it
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The irrational line that is the side of the square equal to a rectangle contained by rational lines commensurable in square only; a new class of irrational introduced in this window.
But the square on EF is rational;
And let the latter be called medial.
Let the square on it be equal to GF.