What does Medium mean?
Definitions for Medium
ˈmi di əm; -di əmedi·um
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Medium.
Princeton's WordNet
mediumnoun
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
mediumnoun
the surrounding environment
"fish require an aqueous medium"
mediumnoun
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
culture medium, mediumnoun
(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
mediumnoun
a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
mediumnoun
(biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
mediumnoun
an intervening substance through which something is achieved
"the dissolving medium is called a solvent"
mediumnoun
a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
"a happy medium"
medium, spiritualist, sensitivenoun
someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
"he consulted several mediums"
medium, mass mediumnoun
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
metier, mediumadjective
an occupation for which you are especially well suited
"in law he found his true metier"
average, intermediate, mediumadjective
around the middle of a scale of evaluation
"an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
mediumadjective
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
GCIDE
Mediumnoun
(Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to produce substances, or observe its activity under defined conditions; also called culture medium or growth medium. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or agar.
Mediumnoun
A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other messages from an information source to the public, also called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media. See 1st media.
Wiktionary
mediumnoun
The nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
mediumnoun
The material or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
mediumnoun
A format for communicating or presenting information.
mediumnoun
The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
mediumnoun
A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.
mediumnoun
The means or channel by which an aim is achieved.
mediumnoun
A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
mediumnoun
A tool used for painting or drawing.
Acrylics, oils, charcoal and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting.
mediumnoun
Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
mediumnoun
Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
mediumnoun
A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.
mediumnoun
A half pint serve of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).
mediumadjective
Arithmetically average.
mediumadjective
Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
mediumadjective
Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
Etymology: From medium, neuter of medius. Compare middle.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mediumnoun
Etymology: medium, Latin.
Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried. Francis Bacon.
I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums,
That each may be the other’s object. John Denham.Seeing requires light and a free medium, and a right line to the objects; we can hear in the dark, immured, and by curve lines. William Holder.
He, who looks upon the soul through its outward actions, often sees it through a deceitful medium, which is apt to discolour the object. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 257.
The parts of bodies on which their colours depend, are denser than the medium which pervades their interstices. Newt.
Against filling the heavens with fluid mediums, unless they be exceeding rare, a great objection arises from the regular and very lasting motions of the planets and comets in all manner of courses through the heavens. Isaac Newton, Opticks.
This cannot be answered by those mediums which have been used. John Dryden, Juvenal.
We, whose understandings are short, are forced to collect one thing from another, and in that process we seek out proper mediums. Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning.
The just medium of this case lies betwixt the pride and the abjection, the two extremes. L’Estrange.
ChatGPT
medium
A medium is a substance, material, or environment through which something is transmitted, conveyed, or communicated. It can be a physical substance, such as an artistic medium (like paint or clay), a communication channel (like television or radio), or a biological medium (like the air we breathe, water, or soil). It's essentially an intermediate agency, instrument, or mode that facilitates an action or process.
Webster Dictionary
Mediumnoun
that which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean
Mediumnoun
see Mean
Mediumnoun
the mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection
Mediumnoun
a substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted
Mediumnoun
an average
Mediumnoun
a trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper
Mediumnoun
the liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application
Mediumadjective
having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength
Etymology: [L. medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf. Medius.]
Wikidata
Medium
Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, ending its run on that network on June 1, 2009. The series then moved to CBS on September 25, 2009, airing its final episode overall on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois, is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office. Allison and her husband Joe are the parents of three daughters, all of whom inherited Allison's gift. The show was initially based on the experiences of medium Allison DuBois, who claims she has worked with law enforcement agencies across the country in criminal investigations. Medium was created by Glenn Gordon Caron and was produced by his company Picturemaker Productions and Kelsey Grammer's Grammnet Productions in association with Paramount Television from 2005–06, CBS Paramount Television from 2006-09, and finally CBS Television Studios from 2009 until the series ended. The series aired on NBC during its first five seasons before switching to CBS for the sixth and seventh seasons. The production division of CBS had assumed production of Medium in 2006 after absorbing the television arm of the Paramount Pictures film studio. Paramount's home entertainment arm still held DVD distribution rights in conjunction with CBS DVD.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Medium
mē′di-um, n. the middle: the middle place or degree: any intervening means, instrument, or agency: the substance in which bodies exist, or through which they move: in spiritualism, the person through whom spirits are said to make themselves seen or heard:—pl. Mē′diums, or Mē′dia.—adjs. Mē′dium, mediocre; Mediumis′tic, of or pertaining to spiritualistic mediums.—Circulating medium, money passing from hand to hand, as coin, bank-notes, &c. [L.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Medium
in modern spiritualism a person susceptible to communication with the spirit-world.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Medium
121-160mm.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
MEDIUM
A party with one ear in the grave but both hands on your wallet. "Hello, Central! Give me Heaven!"
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
medium
See RESISTING MEDIUM.
Editors Contribution
medium
A form or way.
Money is a medium of exchange.
Submitted by MaryC on April 15, 2020
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Medium in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Medium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Medium in a Sentence
I don't think the Queen's send off will mark the medium's swan song, if something like 9/11 were to happen again we'd all go to our TVs — drawn to the simultaneity and universality of the collective experience and the hypnotic power of the bigger image.
I am sure that social media plays a role in unhappiness, but it has as many benefits as it does negatives, we need to teach children how to cope with all aspects of social media -- good and bad -- to prepare them for an increasingly digitized world. There is real danger in blaming the medium for the message.
Every few years you get some new show that creates a different landscape. Think back to when 'Rent' came to Broadway, this year 'Hand to God' and 'Fun Home' are bringing a new medium to theater.
Policy makers appear to be weighing up the medium term risks of further debt growth against short term trends – hence the relatively modest stimulatory policy thus far, they may be data dependent for a couple of quarters to make any large move.
Over the medium term, copper prices do have more room to fall, especially as we stare down the barrel of a recession.
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- mèdium, medi, mitjàCatalan, Valencian
- médiumCzech
- mediumDanish
- Medium, mittelgroßGerman
- μέσος, μέτριοςGreek
- medio, médium, medianoSpanish
- media, keino, viestin, liuotin, väliaine, meedio, viljelyaine, väline, tiedotusväline, keskikokoinenFinnish
- miðilFaroese
- média, milieu, médium, moyenFrench
- meadhanScottish Gaelic
- माद्धयमHindi
- médiumHungarian
- miðilsgáfaIcelandic
- medio, mediumItalian
- ກາງLao
- wawaenga, aho, matataketake, kauwakaMāori
- mediumDutch
- średni, mediumPolish
- médium, médioPortuguese
- mediu, mediumRomanian
- носитель, среда, сре́дний, медиумRussian
- medijSerbo-Croatian
- mediumSwedish
- మధ్యస్తం, మాధ్యమంTelugu
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