medium

The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.

• VVhether any other Liquours, being made Mediums, cauſe a Diuerſity of Sound from Water, it may bee tried: […]
• He’s old and jealous, apt for ſuſpitions, ’gainſt which Tyrants ears Are never clos’d. The Prince is young, Fierce, and ambitious, I muſt bring together All theſe extreams, and then remove all Mediums, That each may be the others object.

A format for communicating or presenting information.

• [A]t all events, she drank in with eager ear, and admiring mind, anecdote and history of all those excellent traits of disposition, and nobleness of conduct, which made him the idol of his describer, and gave her a knowledge of his temper a
• Too often writing—in the broadest sense—is treated as a communicational medium where the subjects of that communication are constituted prior to the writing, where the objects of that communication are also constituted prior to that writing

A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.

• In some instances one can take advantage of differential carbohydrate fermentation capabilities of microorganisms by incorporating one or more carbohydrates in the medium along with a suitable pH indicator. Such media are called differentia

A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.usually

• The density of the living medium of fishes exerts upon them a mechanical influence; they are, so to say, balanced in water, free to proceed in all planes of direction...

A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.

• Cable TV is an inexpensive advertising medium.

The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.

A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.countable

A means of expression, in the arts, such as a material (oil, pastel, clay, etc) or method or style (expressionism, jazz, etc).

• Acrylics, oils, charcoal, and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting.

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

One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a large but larger than a small.especiallynoun-from-verbuncountable

An item labelled or denoted as being that size.countableespeciallynoun-from-verb

One who fits an item of that size.countableespeciallynoun-from-verb

A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).Irelandcountabledated

Arithmetically average.not-comparablenoun-from-verbobsolete

Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.not-comparablenoun-from-verb

Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.not-comparablenoun-from-verb

That is medium (the manufactured size).especiallynot-comparablenoun-from-verb

To a medium extent.not-comparablenoun-from-verb