media
1 of 3noun (1)
me·dia ˈmē-dē-ə 
plural medias
often attributive
1
a
singular or plural in construction : mass media
b
medias plural : members of the mass media
2
: a medium of cultivation, conveyance, or expression
Air is a media that conveys sound.
especially : medium sense 2a
media
2 of 3noun (2)
me·dia ˈmē-dē-ə
plural mediae ˈmē-dē-ˌē
1
[Late Latin, from Latin, feminine of medius; from the voiced stops' being regarded as intermediate between the tenues and the aspirates] : a voiced (see voiced sense 2) stop (see stop entry 2 sense 1b)
2
[New Latin, from Latin] : the middle coat of the wall of a blood or lymph (see lymph sense 2) vessel consisting chiefly of circular muscle fibers
media
3 of 3plural of medium
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
plural of medium
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1922, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Noun (2)
1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing media
Kids Definition
media
noun
me·dia ˈmē-dē-ə
: the system and organizations of communication through which information is spread to a large number of people
Hint: Media can be used as a singular or a plural in writing and speaking.
Medical Definition
media 1 of 3
plural of medium
media
2 of 3noun
me·dia ˈmēd-ē-ə
plural mediae -ē-ˌē
: the middle coat of the wall of a blood or lymph vessel consisting chiefly of circular muscle fibers
called also tunica media
media
3 of 3 see aero-otitis media, colica media, otitis media, scala media, serous otitis media
Geographical Definition
Media
geographical name
Me·dia ˈmē-dē-ə
ancient country and province of the Persian Empire in the northwestern part of modern Iran
Median
ˈmē-dē-ən
adjective or noun - parental school
- Parentalia
- parentalism
- parentally
- parentate
- parentation
- parented
- parenteral
- parenterally
- parentheses
- parenthesis
- parenthesise
- parenthesised
- parenthesises
- parenthesising
- parenthesize
- parenthesized
- parenthesizes
- parenthesizing
- parenthetic
- parenthetical
- parenthetically
- parenthood
- parenthoods
- parenticide