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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.
Specialized synonyms: Vehicle, Paper, Celluloid, Cinema, Film, Print Media, Data-storage Medium, Storage Medium, Telecom, Telecommunication, Album, Record Album
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.
Specialized synonyms: Aether, Ether, Air, Airwave
Examples of category: Ban, Censor
6. Noun. (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms.
Generic synonyms: Food, Nutrient
Category relationships: Bacteriology
Specialized synonyms: Agar, Nutrient Agar
7. Noun. A liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter.
8. Noun. (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed.
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Specialized synonyms: Contrast Material, Contrast Medium
9. Noun. An intervening substance through which something is achieved. "The dissolving medium is called a solvent"
Specialized synonyms: Dissolvent, Dissolver, Dissolving Agent, Resolvent, 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"
Generic synonyms: Psychic
Derivative terms: Spiritualism, Spiritualism
12. Noun. (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public.
Generic synonyms: Transmission
Specialized synonyms: Broadcast Medium, Broadcasting
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:
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
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