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medium



I - noun
1. a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information (Freq. 5)
Hypernyms:
instrumentality, instrumentation
Hyponyms:
vehicle, paper, film, cinema, celluloid,
celluloid, storage medium, data-storage medium, telecommunication, telecom,
album, record album
2. the surrounding environment (Freq. 4)
- fish require an aqueous medium
Hypernyms:
environment, environs, surroundings, surround
3. an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication (Freq. 2)
Members of this Topic:
ban, censor
Hypernyms:
communication, communicating
Hyponyms:
ether, aether, air, airwave
4. (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms (Freq. 1)
Syn:
culture medium
Topics:
bacteriology
Hypernyms:
food, nutrient
Hyponyms:
agar, nutrient agar
5. a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
Hypernyms:
liquid
Hyponyms:
megilp, magilp
6. (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
Topics:
biology, biological science
Hypernyms:
substance
Hyponyms:
contrast medium, contrast material
7. an intervening substance through which something is achieved
- the dissolving medium is called a solvent
Hypernyms:
substance
Hyponyms:
solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent
8. a state that is intermediate between extremes;
a middle position
- a happy medium
Derivationally related forms:
medial
Hypernyms:
state
9. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- he consulted several mediums
Syn:
spiritualist, sensitive
Derivationally related forms:
spiritualism (for: spiritualist)
Hypernyms:
psychic
10. (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
Syn:
mass medium
Hypernyms:
transmission
Hyponyms:
broadcast medium, broadcasting
11. an occupation for which you are especially well suited
- in law he found his true metier
Syn:
metier
Hypernyms:
occupation, business, job, line of work, line

II - adjective
1. around the middle of a scale of evaluation (Freq. 5)
- an orange of average size
- intermediate capacity
- medium bombers
Syn:
average, intermediate
Similar to:
moderate
2. (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
Similar to:
cooked

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