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US
/ˈmidiəm/
]
[ UK /mˈiːdiəm/ ]
[ UK /mˈiːdiəm/ ]
NOUN
- a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
- a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
- (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
- an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
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an intervening substance through which something is achieved
the dissolving medium is called a solvent -
a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
a happy medium - (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
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someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
he consulted several mediums -
the surrounding environment
fish require an aqueous medium -
an occupation for which you are especially well suited
in law he found his true metier
ADJECTIVE
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around the middle of a scale of evaluation
intermediate capacity
medium bombers
an orange of average size - (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
How To Use medium In A Sentence
- She is "not a medium", we are told, but rather "a supersensory explorer who has been trained in the cosmic language of symbols for more than 20 years. British Blogs
- The huge amounts that this would bring in would allow the personal allowance to be raised by a couple of thousand, helping those on low and medium incomes.
- As the male voice completed its speech, she slowly shifted herself around to face a gentleman of medium height who had a smiling, benign countenance on his careworn features.
- He had medium length shaggy black hair and bright green eyes.
- Toast sandwiches in a dry skillet over medium-low heat until outside is golden brown and inside is delightfully melty, about 3 minutes per side.
- Still, for the medium term, either the government needs to scutinize refinery activity much more closely, adopt new regulatory authority and aggressively enforce antitrust laws, or it must intervene to deconcentrate the market. Robert Weissman: What To Do About the Price of Oil
- Wildlife Watching Supplies stock a wide range of materials, olive green or camouflage pattern, lightweight, medium and heavy weight, showerproofed polycotton and waterproof nylon.
- Medium security levels can enter and delete data and low security levels can only view data.
- The woman is white, in her late twenties to early thirties, roughly five feet five inches tall and of medium build.
- In the first instance the government was aiming to foster a private sector in small and medium-sized enterprises.
