There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
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MEDIA
MEDIUM
metier, medium
(noun) an occupation for which you are especially well suited; “in law he found his true metier”
medium
(noun) an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
medium
(noun) a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
medium, mass medium
(noun) (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
medium
(noun) the surrounding environment; “fish require an aqueous medium”
medium, spiritualist, sensitive
(noun) someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; “he consulted several mediums”
medium
(noun) a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position; “a happy medium”
medium
(noun) an intervening substance through which something is achieved; “the dissolving medium is called a solvent”
medium
(noun) (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
medium
(noun) a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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mediae
plural of media
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MEDIA
Me"di*a, n.,
Definition: pl. of Medium.
Me"di*a, n.; pl. Mediæ (-e). Etym: [NL., fr. L. medius middle.] (Phonetics)
Definition: One of the sonant mutes b, d, g (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, p, t, k (p, t, k), and the aspiratæ (aspirates) f, th, x (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.
MEDIUM
Me"di*um, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. Etym: [L. medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf. Medius.]
1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean. The just medium . . . lies between pride and abjection. L'Estrange. (b) (Math.)
Definition: See Mean. (c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
2. 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. Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried. Bacon. I must bring together All these extremes; and must remove all mediums. Denham.
3. An average. [R.] A medium of six years of war, and six years of peace. Burke.
4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper.
5. (Paint.)
Definition: The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application. Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether coin, bank notes, or government notes.
– Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
– Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an exchange of commodities -- money or current representatives of money.
Me"di*um, a.
Definition: Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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