Media vs. Medium
Medianoun
(anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
Medianoun
A voiced stop consonant.
Medianoun
(entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
Medianoun
(zoology) An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
Medianoun
plural of medium
Medianoun
Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
Medianoun
The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
Media
The latinic plural form of medium, sometimes used as a singular noun with the same meaning as medium; as, (Computers) place your installation media into the device which will read it; (Microbiology) the tuberculosis bacterium will only grow in a special media.
Media
The public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, collectively; the news media; as, the media were obsessed with Monica Lewinsky for months.
Medianoun
One of the sonant mutes
Medianoun
an ancient region of Asia to the south-west of the Caspian Sea, corresponding approximately to present-day Azerbaijan, north-western Iran, and north-eastern Iraq. Originally inhabited by the Medes, the region was conquered in 550 BC by Cyrus the Great of Persia.
Mediumnoun
(plural media or mediums) The chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
Mediumnoun
(plural media or mediums) The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
Mediumnoun
(plural media or mediums) A format for communicating or presenting information.
Mediumnoun
The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
Mediumnoun
A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.
Mediumnoun
(plural media or mediums) The means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.
Mediumnoun
(plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
Mediumnoun
A tool used for painting or drawing.
Mediumnoun
Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
Mediumnoun
(plural mediums) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
Mediumnoun
(plural mediums) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.
Mediumnoun
A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).
Mediumnoun
A middle place or degree.
Mediumnoun
(dated) An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.
Mediumnoun
(logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
Mediumadjective
(obsolete) Arithmetically average.
Mediumadjective
Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
Mediumadjective
Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
Mediumadverb
to a medium extent
Mediumnoun
That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity.
Mediumnoun
See Mean.
Mediumnoun
A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound.
Mediumnoun
An average.
Mediumnoun
A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper.
Mediumnoun
The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.
Mediumnoun
A source of nutrients in which a microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to produce substances, or observe its activity under defined conditions; also called culture medium or growth medium. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or agar.
Mediumnoun
A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other messages from an information source to the public, also called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media. See 1st media{2}.
Mediumadjective
Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.
Mediumnoun
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
Mediumnoun
the surrounding environment;
Mediumnoun
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
Mediumnoun
(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
Mediumnoun
an intervening substance through which something is achieved;
Mediumnoun
a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
Mediumnoun
(biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
Mediumnoun
a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position;
Mediumnoun
someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead;
Mediumnoun
transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
Mediumnoun
an occupation for which you are especially well suited;
Mediumadjective
around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;
Mediumadjective
(of meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
Mediumnoun
an agency or means of doing something
Mediumnoun
a means by which something is communicated or expressed
Mediumnoun
the intervening substance through which sensory impressions are conveyed or physical forces are transmitted
Mediumnoun
the substance in which an organism lives or is cultured
Mediumnoun
a liquid (e.g. oil or water) with which pigments are mixed, with a binder, to make paint.
Mediumnoun
a particular form of storage material for computer files, such as magnetic tape or discs.
Mediumnoun
the material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer
Mediumnoun
a person claiming to be in contact with the spirits of the dead and to communicate between the dead and the living.
Mediumnoun
the middle quality or state between two extremes; a reasonable balance
Mediumadjective
about halfway between two extremes of size or another quality; average
