MEDIUM

medium

(adjective) (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside

average, intermediate, medium

(adjective) around the middle of a scale of evaluation; “an orange of average size”; “intermediate capacity”; “medium bombers”

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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Etymology

Noun

medium (plural media or mediums)

(plural media or mediums) The chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

(plural media or mediums) The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.

(plural media or mediums) A format for communicating or presenting information.

(plural media or mediums, engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.

(plural media or mediums, microbiology) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.

(plural media or mediums) The means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.

(plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.

(plural mediums or media, painting) A tool used for painting or drawing.

(plural mediums, spiritualism) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.

(plural mediums) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.

(plural mediums) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.

(plural mediums, Ireland, dated, informal) A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).

A middle place or degree.

(dated) An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.

(logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.

Adjective

medium (not comparable)

(obsolete) Arithmetically average.

Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.

Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.

Synonyms

• See also intermediate

Adverb

medium (comparative more medium, superlative most medium)

to a medium extent

Synonyms

• mediumly

Anagrams

• edimmu

Source: Wiktionary

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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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