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English

rank|o'|eight|modern|840|medium|ill|eat|et

Pronunciation
m�'di�m, /�mi�di�m/, /<tt>"mi:di@m</tt>/
audio|en-us-medium.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-i�di�m|Rhymes: -i�di�m

Noun
medium (see individual senses for plurals)

1. (p media) The nature of the surrounding environment, eg solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
2. (p media) The material or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
3. (p media) A format for communicating or presenting information.
4. (p media) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro
5. (p media) The means or channel by which an aim is achieved.
6. (p mediums) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
7. (p mediums) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world
8. (p mediums) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
9. (p mediums) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.

Quotations
1996 (sense 4): In some instances one can take advantage of differential carbohydrate fermentation capabilities of microorganisms by incorporating one or more carbohydrates in the medium along with a suitable pH indicator. Such media are called differential media (e.g., eosin methylene blue or MacConkey? agar) and are commonly used to isolate enteric bacilli. &mdash; Medical Microbiology, ed. Samuel Baron, MD.

Derived terms
(sense 4): differential medium

Translations
Finnish: media (1), tiedotusväline (1), keskikoko (2, 3), meedio (4)
Telugu: మాధ�యమ� (maadhyamaM) (1), మధ�యస�త� (madhyastaM) (3)
Hindi: माद�धयम (maadhyam) (1),

Adjective
medium

1. of intermediate size

Translations

Finnish: keskikokoinen
mid
German: mittelgro�
Portuguese: médium

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:English words affected by prescriptivism

Latin
Adjective
medium n

1. neuter form of medius#Latin|medius

Category:Latin adjective forms

Noun
medium m

1. middle, center, #English|medium, midst
2. community, public, publicity

Category:Latin nouns

Derived terms
e medio abeo
in medio

Noun
medium

1. acc singular of medius#Latin|medius
2. gen plural of medius#Latin|medius

Category:Latin noun forms

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