Medium Definition
mēdē-əm
media, mediums
noun
media, mediums
Something intermediate.
Webster's New World
Something, such as an intermediate course of action, that occupies a position or represents a condition midway between extremes.
American Heritage Medicine
A middle state or degree; mean.
Webster's New World
An intervening thing through which a force acts or an effect is produced.
Copper is a good medium for conducting heat.
Webster's New World
An agency by which something is accomplished, conveyed, or transferred.
The train was the usual medium of transportation in those days.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- press
- Used in plural: fourth estate
- fleet street
- world
- surroundings
- mise en scène
- milieu
- environment
- climate
- atmosphere
- ambiance
- spiritualist
- seer
- oracle
- organ
Antonyms:
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adjective
In a middle position; intermediate in quality, amount, degree, size, etc.
Webster's New World
Between rare and well-done.
Webster's New World
Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
Wiktionary
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adverb
To a medium extent.
Wiktionary
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