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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   (plural media or mediums) The chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   (plural media or mediums) The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   (plural media or mediums) A format for communicating or presenting information.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   (plural media or mediums) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   (plural media or mediums) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   (plural media or mediums) The means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   (plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   (plural mediums or media) A tool used for painting or drawing.

   “Acrylics, oils, charcoal, and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting.”

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   (plural mediums) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    (plural mediums) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    (plural mediums) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.

12. Meaning 12 · noun

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

13. Meaning 13 · noun

    A middle place or degree.

    “a happy medium”

14. Meaning 14 · noun

    An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.

15. Meaning 15 · noun

    The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.

16. Meaning 16 · adjective

    Arithmetically average.

17. Meaning 17 · adjective

    Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.

18. Meaning 18 · adjective

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

19. Meaning 19 · adverb

    To a medium extent

How this word is used

• General “Acrylics, oils, charcoal, and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting.”
• General “a happy medium”

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