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Definition of Medium

1. Adjective. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation. "Medium bombers"

2. Noun. A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information.

3. Adjective. (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside.

4. Noun. The surrounding environment. "Fish require an aqueous medium"

5. Noun. An intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication.

6. Noun. (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms.

7. Noun. A liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter.

8. Noun. (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed.

9. Noun. An intervening substance through which something is achieved. "The dissolving medium is called a solvent"

10. Noun. A state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position. "A happy medium"

11. Noun. Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead. "He consulted several mediums"

12. Noun. (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public.

13. Noun. An occupation for which you are especially well suited. "In law he found his true metier"

Definition of Medium

1. n. That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

2. a. Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

Definition of Medium

1. Noun. (context: plural '''media''' or '''mediums''') The nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent. ¹

2. Noun. (context: plural '''media''' or '''mediums''') The material or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass. ¹

3. Noun. (context: plural '''media''' or '''mediums''') A format for communicating or presenting information. ¹

4. Noun. (context: plural '''media''' or '''mediums''' engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process. ¹

5. Noun. (context: plural '''media''' or '''mediums''' microbiology) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells ''in vitro''. ¹

6. Noun. (context: plural '''media''' or '''mediums''') The means or channel by which an aim is achieved. ¹

7. Noun. (context: plural '''mediums''' or '''media''') A liquid base which carries pigment in paint. ¹

8. Noun. (context: plural '''mediums''' or '''media''' painting) A tool used for painting or drawing. ¹

9. Noun. (context: plural '''mediums''' spiritualism) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world. ¹

10. Noun. (context: plural '''mediums''') Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container. ¹

11. Noun. (context: plural '''mediums''') A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit. ¹

12. Noun. (context: plural '''mediums''' Ireland dated informal) A half pint serve of Guinness (or other stout in some regions). ¹

13. Adjective. (obsolete) Arithmetically average. ¹

14. Adjective. Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc. ¹

15. Adjective. Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Medium

1. a surrounding environment in which something functions and thrives [n -DIA or -DIUMS]

Medical Definition of Medium

1. Shorthand for culture medium or growth medium, the nutrient solution in which cells or organs are grown. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medium

meditational meditations meditatist meditatists meditative meditatively meditativeness meditator meditators mediterranean anaemia

mediterranean anchovy mediterranean fever mediterranean islands mediterranean region mediterraneous medium (current term) medium-chain medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase medium-chain triglyceride medium-sized

medium-term medium artery medium dead medium dry medium frequency medium of exchange medium pace medium pacer medium pacers medium rare

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