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English adjective: medium | |||
| 1. | medium around the middle of a scale of evaluation | ||
| Samples | An orange of average size. Intermediate capacity. Medium bombers. | ||
| Synonyms | average, intermediate | ||
| Similar | moderate | ||
| Antonyms | immoderate | ||
| 2. | medium (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside | ||
| Similar | cooked | ||
| Antonyms | raw | ||
English noun: medium | |||
| 1. | medium (communication) a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instrumentality, instrumentation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | album, celluloid, cinema, data-storage medium, film, paper, print media, record album, storage medium, telecom, telecommunication, vehicle | ||
| 2. | medium (location) the surrounding environment | ||
| Samples | Fish require an aqueous medium. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | environment, environs, surround, surroundings | ||
| 3. | medium (communication) an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicating, communication | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aether, air, airwave, ether | ||
| Domain category members | ban, censor | ||
| 4. | medium (substance) (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms | ||
| Synonyms | culture medium | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | food, nutrient | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agar, nutrient agar | ||
| Domain category | bacteriology | ||
| 5. | medium (substance) a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | liquid | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | magilp, megilp | ||
| 6. | medium (substance) (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | substance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | contrast material, contrast medium | ||
| Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
| 7. | medium (substance) an intervening substance through which something is achieved | ||
| Samples | The dissolving medium is called a solvent. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | substance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent | ||
| 8. | medium (state) a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position | ||
| Samples | A happy medium. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | state | ||
| 9. | medium (person) someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead | ||
| Samples | He consulted several mediums. | ||
| Synonyms | sensitive, spiritualist | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | psychic | ||
| 10. | medium (communication) (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public | ||
| Synonyms | mass medium | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transmission | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | broadcast medium, broadcasting | ||
| 11. | medium (act) an occupation for which you are especially well suited | ||
| Samples | In law he found his true metier. | ||
| Synonyms | metier | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | business, job, line, line of work, occupation | ||
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