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medium

  • EN [ ˈmiːdiəm]
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English definition

    Noun

  • 1. a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

  • 2. the surrounding environment;

    • "fish require an aqueous medium"
  • 3. an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication

  • 4. (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

  • 5. an intervening substance through which something is achieved;

    • "the dissolving medium is called a solvent"
  • 6. a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

  • 7. (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed

  • 8. a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position;

    • "a happy medium"
  • 9. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead;

    • "he consulted several mediums"
  • 10. transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

  • 11. an occupation for which you are especially well suited;

    • "in law he found his true metier"

    Adjective

  • 1. around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;

    • "an orange of average size"
    • "intermediate capacity"
    • "a plane with intermediate range"
    • "medium bombers"
  • 2. (of meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside

Example sentences

  • We struck a medium.

  • This is an effective medium.

  • Through the medium of the Syrians Greek culture penetrated Persia.

  • He has a medium body.

  • The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples.

  • The store sells big ones, small ones, medium ones, or what have you.

  • You must try to strike a happy medium.

  • I like the happy medium of working hard during the week and enjoying myself at weekends.

  • We find a happy medium between working too hard and not working at all.

  • Teddy is a great believer in finding happy medium.

  • He writes stories, but the theatre is his favourite medium.

  • Television seems to be firmly entrenched as the number one medium for national advertising.

  • a radio set with medium and short wavebands

  • Foods that contain only medium levels of sodium are bread, cakes, milk, butter and margarine.

  • Choose a soft, medium or firm mattress to suit their individual needs.

  • Blood is the medium in which oxygen is carried to all parts of the body.

  • I would class my garden as medium in size.

  • I still aim to strike a happy medium between producing football that's worth watching and getting results.

  • In the medium term the UK car industry has a brighter outlook.

  • When violet is added to the medium blue a particularly striking, warm coloration is created.

  • An employee sold him on the notion that cable was the medium of the future.

  • He used the medium of radio when he wanted to enlist public support or reassure the citizenry.

Synonym discrimination

  • medium, median, average

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