Definitions for medium

Definitions for (noun) medium

Main entry: medium, metier

Definition: an occupation for which you are especially well suited

Usage: in law he found his true metier


Main entry: medium

Definition: an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication


Main entry: medium

Definition: a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information


Main entry: medium, mass medium

Definition: (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public


Main entry: medium

Definition: the surrounding environment

Usage: fish require an aqueous medium


Main entry: medium, sensitive, spiritualist

Definition: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

Usage: he consulted several mediums


Main entry: medium

Definition: a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position

Usage: a happy medium


Main entry: medium

Definition: an intervening substance through which something is achieved

Usage: the dissolving medium is called a solvent


Main entry: medium, culture medium

Definition: (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms


Main entry: medium

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


Main entry: medium

Definition: a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter


Definitions for (adj) medium

Main entry: medium

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


Main entry: average, intermediate, medium

Definition: around the middle of a scale of evaluation

Usage: an orange of average size; intermediate capacity; medium bombers


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