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 | ||