medium
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medium/ˈmiːdiəm/
▶noun (pl. media or mediums)
- 1 an agency or means of doing something.
■ the material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer.
- 2 a substance through which sensory impressions are conveyed or physical forces are transmitted.
- 3 a particular form of storage material for computer files, such as magnetic tape or discs.
- 4 a liquid (e.g. oil) with which pigments are mixed to make paint.
- 5 (pl. mediums) a person claiming to be able to communicate between the dead and the living.
- 6 the middle quality or state between two extremes.
- 7 the substance in which an organism lives or is cultured.
– derivatives
mediumism noun,
mediumistic adjective,
mediumship noun.
mediumism noun,
mediumistic adjective,
mediumship noun.
– origin C16: from L., lit. ‘middle’.
'medium' also found in these Oxford entries:
air
- altocumulus
- altostratus
- amontillado
- AMRAAM
- anoxia
- archive
- art
- bhuna
- black bear
- blot
- boxer
- broth
- Brownian motion
- cannellini bean
- cantata
- Canterbury bell
- catamount
- channel
- Cherenkov radiation
- chromatography
- circulating medium
- compact car
- compost
- conduction
- content
- contrast medium
- critical angle
- culture
- demi-sec
- density
- dholak
- dispersant
- dispersion
- dolerite
- double knitting
- double refraction
- dub
- ectoplasm
- E-layer
- emulsion
- Esperanto
- excipient
- explant
- extinction
- field
- fondue
- format
- forum
- gas chromatography
