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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"

transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier"

the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium"

a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position; "a happy medium"

an intervening substance through which something is achieved; "the dissolving medium is called a solvent"

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

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

a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

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"

transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier"

a means or instrumentality for communicating

the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium"

a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position; "a happy medium"

an intervening substance through which something is achieved; "the dissolving medium is called a solvent"

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

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

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

See Mean.

The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.

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.

The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.

Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

See Mean.

The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.

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.

The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.

Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

The mean; that which comes between or in the middle; agency; as, the newspaper is a great advertising medium; space or substance in which bodies exist or move; as, water is the only medium in which fish can live; a person through whom messages from the spirit world are delivered to earth.

Having a middle position; halfway between two things, states, etc.

Preserving substance. Surrounding substance.

The middle: the middle place or degree: anything intervening: means or instrument: the substance in which bodies exist, or through which they move: in spiritualism, the person through whom spirits are alleged to make their communications:-pl. MEDIUMS or MEDIA.

Middle place or degree; anything which intervenes or transmits; means; substance in which a body exists.

Intermediate; middle; mediocre.

Anything that acts intermediately; a substance in which something may exist or move.

One believed to be controlled by a disembodied spirit.

Media. Any of the structures through which a force acts, as the refracting media of the eyebulb; any of the more or less solid substances in which cultures are reared or tissues are propagated.

Pl. media. Conditions and environment of the body. Sec also under Culture.

n. [Latin] That which lies in the middle; intervening body or quantity; middle place or degree; mean; the mean or middle term of a syllogism;— an intervening or pervading substance; hence, instrumentality of communication; agency of transmission; instrument or means by which any thing is effected;— a size of paper between demy and royal.