medium

Definitions

• (plural media or mediums) The chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
• (plural media or mediums) The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
• (plural media or mediums) A format for communicating or presenting information.
• (plural media or mediums) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
• (plural media or mediums) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.
• (plural media or mediums) The means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.
• (plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
• (plural mediums or media) A tool used for painting or drawing.
• (plural mediums) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
• (plural mediums) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
• (plural mediums) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.
• (plural mediums) A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).
• A middle place or degree.
• (dated) An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.
• (logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.