medium
Forms
- Plural
- media
Definitions
1.The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
2.The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
3.A format for communicating or presenting information.
4.A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.
1.Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
2.Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
3.That is medium (the manufactured size).
1.To a medium extent.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3613
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”).
Compare middle.
Doublet of mid, medio, media, and meson.