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medium /mēˈdi-əm/ noun (pl mēˈdia or mēˈdiums)- An intermediate or middle position or condition
- The middle place or degree
- A middle course
- A mean (obsolete)
- (in pl, mediums) medium-dated securities
- Any intervening means, instrument or agency
- Instrumentality
- A substance through which any effect is transmitted
- That through which communication is maintained
- A channel (eg newspapers, radio, television) through which information, etc is transmitted to the public (pl media) (also mass medium, pl mass media)
- Any material, eg magnetic disk, paper tape, on which data is recorded (computing; pl usu media)
- An enveloping substance or element in which a thing exists or lives
- Environment
- The substance, eg oil or water, with which a pigment is mixed to make paint, the vehicle by which it is applied to a surface
- A nutritive substance on which a culture (of bacteria, tissue, etc) may be fed
- In spiritualism, the person through whom spirits are said to communicate with the material world (pl mediums)
- A person of supernormal sensibility (pl mediums)
adjective- Intermediate or moderate, coming midway between two opposing degrees or extremes
- Between fast and slow, long and short, etc
- Mean, average (obsolete)
- Of a standard size of paper between demy and royal, now 18in by 23in
ORIGIN: L medium, neuter of medius middle mediageˈnic adjective Able to communicate well or present a good image in the media, esp television mediumisˈtic adjective Of or relating to spiritualistic mediums Media Mail noun A service offering the delivery of printed matter, film, etc by post at special charges meˈdium-dated adjective (of securities) redeemable in five to fifteen years' time medium frequency see under frequent meˈdium-term adjective Intermediate between short-term and long-term meˈdium-wave adjective medium waves plural noun (radio) Electromagnetic waves of between 200 and 1000 metres circulating medium Money passing from hand to hand, as coin, banknotes, etc |