medium


Definition: Meaning of, medium in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmiːdɪəm /

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  1. of middle size, level, or amount
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  2. also medium rare meat that is medium or medium rare is partly cooked but still slightly pink inside [↪  rare, well-done]
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  3. medium dry medium dry wine is slightly sweeter than dry wine
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  4. medium brown/blue etc a colour which is neither light nor dark
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medium media, mediums
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  1. a way of communicating information and news to people, such as newspapers, television etc [↪  media]
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  2. a way of expressing your ideas, especially as a writer or an artist
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  3. medium of instruction a language that is used for teaching
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  4. medium of exchange money or other ways of paying for things
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  5. technical a substance or material in which things grow or exist
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  6. technical a substance through which a force travels
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  7. someone who claims to have the power to receive messages from dead people
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medium used in phrases

  • Campanula medium (noun)
    1. european biennial widely cultivated for its blue, violet or white flowers
  • broadcast medium (noun)
    1. a medium that disseminates via telecommunications
  • contrast medium (noun)
    1. a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills
  • culture medium (noun)
    1. solid or liquid bacteriology a nutrient substance that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
  • data-storage medium (noun)
    1. a medium for storing information
  • dispersing medium (noun)
    1. of colloids a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed
  • dispersion medium (noun)
    1. of colloids a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed
  • interplanetary medium (noun)
    1. interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust
  • interstellar medium (noun)
    1. interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars
  • magnetic medium (noun)
    1. any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information
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