Medium vs. Moderate

(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.

The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.

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.

A tool used for painting or drawing.

Example: ‘Acrylics, oils, charcoal, and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting.’;

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.

A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).

A middle place or degree.

Example: ‘a happy medium’;

(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.

(obsolete) Arithmetically average.

Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.

Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.

to a medium extent

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity.

Example: ‘The just medium . . . lies between pride and abjection.’;

See Mean.

A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound.

Example: ‘Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.’; ‘I must bring togetherAll these extremes; and must remove all mediums.’;

An average.

Example: ‘A medium of six years of war, and six years of peace.’;

A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper.

The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.

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.

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}.

Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

the surrounding environment;

Example: ‘fish require an aqueous medium’;

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

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

an intervening substance through which something is achieved;

Example: ‘the dissolving medium is called a solvent’;

a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

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

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

Example: ‘a happy medium’;

someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead;

Example: ‘he consulted several mediums’;

transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

an occupation for which you are especially well suited;

Example: ‘in law he found his true metier’;

around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;

Example: ‘an orange of average size’; ‘intermediate capacity’; ‘a plane with intermediate range’; ‘medium bombers’;

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

an agency or means of doing something

Example: ‘using the latest technology as a medium for job creation’; ‘their primitive valuables acted as a medium of exchange’;

a means by which something is communicated or expressed

Example: ‘here the Welsh language is the medium of instruction’;

the intervening substance through which sensory impressions are conveyed or physical forces are transmitted

Example: ‘radio communication needs no physical medium between the two stations’;

the substance in which an organism lives or is cultured

Example: ‘these cells are grown in a nutrient-rich medium’;

a liquid (e.g. oil or water) with which pigments are mixed, with a binder, to make paint.

a particular form of storage material for computer files, such as magnetic tape or discs.

the material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer

Example: ‘oil paint is the most popular medium for glazing’;

a person claiming to be in contact with the spirits of the dead and to communicate between the dead and the living.

the middle quality or state between two extremes; a reasonable balance

Example: ‘there is a medium between being modest and boastful’;

about halfway between two extremes of size or another quality; average

Example: ‘medium-length hair’; ‘plan for the medium term’; ‘John is six feet tall, of medium build’;

Not excessive; acting in moderation

Example: ‘moderate language’; ‘a moderate Calvinist’; ‘travelling at a moderate speed’;

Mediocre

Average priced; standard-deal

Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.

Example: ‘a moderate winter’;

Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.

One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.

Example: ‘While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so’; ‘The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.''’;

(transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something)

Example: ‘to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.’;

(intransitive) To become less excessive

(transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator

Example: ‘to moderate a synod’;

(intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

Example: ‘A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house.’;

Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.

One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.

To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.

Example: ‘By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water.’; ‘To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.’;

To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate.

To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.

To preside as a moderator.

Example: ‘Dr. Barlow [was] engaged . . . to moderate for him in the divinity disputation.’;

a person who takes a position in the political center

preside over;

Example: ‘John moderated the discussion’;

make less fast or intense;

Example: ‘moderate your speed’;

lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;

Example: ‘moderate your alcohol intake’; ‘hold your tongue’; ‘hold your temper’; ‘control your anger’;

make less severe or harsh;

Example: ‘He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears’;

make less strong or intense; soften;

Example: ‘Tone down that aggressive letter’; ‘The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements’;

restrain or temper

being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme;

Example: ‘moderate prices’; ‘a moderate income’; ‘a moderate fine’; ‘moderate demands’; ‘a moderate estimate’; ‘a moderate eater’; ‘moderate success’; ‘a kitchen of moderate size’; ‘the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart’;

not extreme;

Example: ‘a moderate penalty’; ‘temperate in his response to criticism’;

marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes;

Example: ‘moderate in his demands’; ‘restrained in his response’;