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  Medium \Me"di*um\, a.
     Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate;
     medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium
     strength.
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  Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
     medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
     Medius.]
     1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
        intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
        (a) Middle place or degree; mean.
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                  The just medium . . . lies between pride and
                  abjection.                        --L'Estrange.
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        (b) (Math.) See Mean.
        (c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
            by which the extremes are brought into connection.
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     2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
        one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
        sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
        occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
        or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
        on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
        a person through whom the action of another being is said
        to be manifested and transmitted.
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              Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
              a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
                                                    --Bacon.
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              I must bring together
              All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
                                                    --Denham.
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     3. An average. [R.]
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              A medium of six years of war, and six years of
              peace.                                --Burke.
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     4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
        sizes. See Paper.
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     5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
        ground and prepared for application.
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     6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
        microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
        produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
        conditions; also called culture medium or growth
        medium. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
        water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
        agar.
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     7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
        messages from an information source to the public, also
        called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used
        mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media.
        See 1st media[2].
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     Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
        coin, bank notes, or government notes.
  
     Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
  
     Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
        exchange of commodities -- money or current
        representatives of money.
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  Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
     medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
     Medius.]
     1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
        intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
        (a) Middle place or degree; mean.
  
                  The just medium . . . lies between pride and
                  abjection.                        --L'Estrange.
        (b) (Math.) See Mean.
        (c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
            by which the extremes are brought into connection.
  
     2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
        one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
        sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
        occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
        or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
        on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
        a person through whom the action of another being is said
        to be manifested and transmitted.
  
              Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
              a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
                                                    --Bacon.
  
              I must bring together All these extremes; and must
              remove all mediums.                   --Denham.
  
     3. An average. [R.]
  
              A medium of six years of war, and six years of
              peace.                                --Burke.
  
     4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
        sizes. See Paper.
  
     5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
        ground and prepared for application.
  
     Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
        coin, bank notes, or government notes.
  
     Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
  
     Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
        exchange of commodities -- money or current
        representatives of money.

  Medium \Me"di*um\, a.
     Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate;
     medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium
     strength.

  medium
       adj 1: around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical
              measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate
              capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium
              bombers" [syn: average, intermediate]
       2: (of meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat
          inside
       n 1: a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating
            information
       2: the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous
          medium"
       3: an intervening substance through which signals can travel as
          a means for communication
       4: (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that
          is used to cultivate micro-organisms [syn: culture medium]
       5: an intervening substance through which something is
          achieved; "the dissolving medium is called a solvent"
       6: a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
       7: (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or
          displayed
       8: a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle
          position; "a happy medium"
       9: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and
          the dead; "he consulted several mediums" [syn: spiritualist]
       10: transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
           [syn: mass medium]
       11: an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in
           law he found his true metier" [syn: metier]
       [also: media (pl)]

  medium
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 το μέσο, οτιδήποτε χρησιμοποιείται για επικοινωνία και πληροφόρηση
     2 το μέσο, ο φορέας
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το μέσο, οτιδήποτε χρησιμοποιείται για επικοινωνία και πληροφόρηση
     2 το μέσο, ο φορέας

  medium
     Danish a.
     medium#English
     Danish n.
     medium#English
     Dutch n.
     (l en means), system or instrument for fulfilling an end
     Dutch a.
     1 of medium size
     2 (lb nl of meat) (l en medium rare)
     Dutch n.
     something of medium size
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la medius  m acc s ; n nom//acc//voc s)
     Latin n.
     1 middle, center, #English, midst
     2 community, public, publicity
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     a (l en medium) (q: also in spiritualism)
     Swedish n.
     n a #English, a middle part in communication, a substance useful for
  communication (e.g. aether), a spiritual connection

  Medium
     German n.
     1 n (lb de usually in the plural) media, medium (format for
  communicating or presenting information)
     2 n medium (the nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid,
  liquid, gas, vacuum or a specific substance)
     3 n medium (someone who supposedly conveys information from the
  spirit world)
     4 n (lb de linguistics) middle voice

  medium
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) Arithmetically average.
     2 Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
     3 Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well
  done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
     4 (lb en especially clothing food or drink) That is medium (gl: the
  manufactured size).
     adv.
     To a medium extent.
     n.
     1 The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid,
  gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
     2 (senseid en the material, substance, or empty space through which
  signals, waves or forces pass)The materials or empty space through which
  signals, waves(,) or forces pass.

  medium
     Danish a.
     medium#English
     Danish n.
     medium#English
     Dutch n.
     (l en means), system or instrument for fulfilling an end
     Dutch a.
     1 of medium size
     2 (lb nl of meat) (l en medium rare)
     Dutch n.
     something of medium size
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     a (l en medium) (q: also in spiritualism)
     Polish n.
     1 (lb pl spiritualism) (l en medium) (gl: someone who supposedly
  conveys information from the spirit world)
     2 means (gl: instrument or condition for attaining a purpose)
     3 (lb pl grammar) middle voice

  Medium
     German n.
     1 n (lb de usually in the plural) media, medium (format for
  communicating or presenting information)
     2 n medium (the nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid,
  liquid, gas, vacuum or a specific substance)
     3 n medium (someone who supposedly conveys information from the
  spirit world)
     4 n (lb de linguistics) middle voice

  medium
     Danish a.
     medium#English
     Danish n.
     medium#English
     Dutch n.
     (l en means), system or instrument for fulfilling an end
     Dutch a.
     1 of medium size
     2 (lb nl of meat) (l en medium rare)
     Dutch n.
     something of medium size
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     a (l en medium) (q: also in spiritualism)
     Polish n.
     1 (lb pl spiritualism) (l en medium) (gl: someone who supposedly
  conveys information from the spirit world)
     2 means (gl: instrument or condition for attaining a purpose)
     3 (lb pl grammar) middle voice

  Medium
     German n.
     1 n (lb de usually in the plural) media, medium (format for
  communicating or presenting information)
     2 n medium (the nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid,
  liquid, gas, vacuum or a specific substance)
     3 n medium (someone who supposedly conveys information from the
  spirit world)
     4 n (lb de linguistics) middle voice

  medium
     Latina a.
     (la-a-taivm 12 m edi um)
     Ruotsi n.
     1 tiedotusväline, media
     2 meedio

  medium
     Bokmål a.
     medium#Svenska
     Bokmål n.
     medium#Svenska
     Tyska a.
     1 (tagg matlagning språk=de) #Svenska; inte helt genomstekt
     2 (tagg: text=storlek) #Svenska; varken stor eller liten

  Medium
     Tyska n.
     medium

  medium
     a.
     (tagg: text=oböjligt, endast predikativt) som är i mitten mellan två
  motsatta tillstånd
     n.
     1 substans i vilket fysikaliskt skeende kan försiggå med tyngdpunkt
  på att den kan härbergera något, exempelvis ett kemiskt innehåll, värme,
  eller information
     2 kanal, meddelelsemedel, för att vidaresända information. Den
  plurala böjningen media används, sedan 1965, ofta som kortform för
  pluralis massmedium, i kontexter där ordet i sin plurala betydelse
  fungerar som samlingsord för den samlade effekten, närvaron, av
  massmedier eller för konceptet massmedia som sådant
     3 medelvärde
     4 verbform, som uttrycker en betydelse som varken är passiv eller
  aktiv, utan mittemellan (?)
     5 person som är ansedd, eller anser sig, kunna kommunicera med
  andevärlden (med innebörden att personens sinnesorgan, förmåga att
  vidaresända information, är i mitten, medium, av en
  kommunikationskedja)

  medium /mˈiːdiˌœm/
  mittlere, mittlerer, mittleres, Mittel‐

  medium /mˈiːdiˌœm/
  average, mean, middle

  Medium /mˈeːdiːˌʊm/ 
  medium 
   see: Medien, Jugendmedien, Leitmedien, neue Medien
  

  Medium /mˈeːdiːˌʊm/ 
   [psych.] psychic 
           Note: parapsychology
           Note: Parapsychologie

  Medium /ˈmeːdi̯ʊm/ 
  meedio
  Person, die (angeblich) Verbindung mit spirituellen Wesen, zum Beispiel Geistern und Verstorbenen, herstellen kann

  Medium /ˈmeːdi̯ʊm/ 
  1. média
  meist im Plural: Kommunikationsmittel zur Informationsübertragung, zum Beispiel Internet, Presse, Rundfunk
  2. médium, intermédiaire
  Person, die (angeblich) Verbindung mit spirituellen Wesen, zum Beispiel Geistern und Verstorbenen, herstellen kann

  medium /ˈmeːdi̯ʊm/ /ˈmiːdi̯əm/ 
  à point
  halb durchgebraten

  Medium /ˈmeːdi̯ʊm/ 
  cenayang 2.
  meist im Plural: Kommunikationsmittel zur Informationsübertragung, zum Beispiel Internet, Presse, Rundfunk
   3.
  Sammelbegriff für flüssige, gasförmige oder fein zerteilte feste Stoffe
   4.
  Person, die (angeblich) Verbindung mit spirituellen Wesen, zum Beispiel Geistern und Verstorbenen, herstellen kann

  Medium /mˈeːdiːˌʊm/
  medium, medium (spritisme)

  Medium /ˈmeːdi̯ʊm/ 
  1. medio, médium
  meist im Plural: Kommunikationsmittel zur Informationsübertragung, zum Beispiel Internet, Presse, Rundfunk
  2. médium
  Person, die (angeblich) Verbindung mit spirituellen Wesen, zum Beispiel Geistern und Verstorbenen, herstellen kann

  Medium /ˈmeːdi̯ʊm/ 
  medium 2.
  meist im Plural: Kommunikationsmittel zur Informationsübertragung, zum Beispiel Internet, Presse, Rundfunk
   3.
  eine einzelne Publikationsform, beziehungsweise ein Datenträger, zum Beispiel Buch, Tonband, CD-ROM, DVD
   4.
  vermittelndes Element, ein allgemeiner Begriff der Medienphilosophie
   5.
  ein Übertragungsmedium oder ein Datenspeicher
   6.
  Person, die (angeblich) Verbindung mit spirituellen Wesen, zum Beispiel Geistern und Verstorbenen, herstellen kann

  medium /ˈmeːdi̯ʊm/ /ˈmiːdi̯əm/ 
  medium 2.
  halb durchgebraten
   3.
  weder groß noch klein

  Medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  متوسط

  medium //ˈmiː.di.əm// 
  сре́ден
  of intermediate size

  medium //ˈmiː.di.əm// 
  1. среда 2.
  material or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass
   3.
  nature of the surrounding environment
   4.
  nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro
  2. средство
  means, channel or agency by which an aim is achieved
  3. медиум
  someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  průměrný

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  prostředek

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  médium

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
   [eko] medium (mikrobiologie)

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
   [eko] prostředek, střed

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/ 
  střední

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/ 
  canolig 

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/ 
  cyfrwng 

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  Agens  [phys.]

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  Datenträger  [comp.]
     Synonyms: data medium, data carrier
  
   see: data media, media, data carriers
  

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  Medium 
   see: media, youth media, key media, leading media, new media
  

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  Mittel , Werkzeug 
   see: mediums, media
  

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  Mittel…

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  durchschnittlich , mittel…

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  rosa  [cook.]
           Note: Fleisch
           Note: meat

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  
  μέσον, μέτριος, μεσαίος

  medium //ˈmiː.di.əm// 
  1. keskikypsä
  cooked lightly
  2. keskikokoinen
  of intermediate size

  medium //ˈmiː.di.əm// 
  1. media, tiedotusväline, viestin
  format for communicating or presenting information
  2. keino, väline
  means, channel or agency by which an aim is achieved
  3. väliaine
  nature of the surrounding environment
  4. elatusaine, kasvatusalusta, ravintoliuos
  nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro
  5. liuotin
  liquid base which carries pigment in paint
  6. keskiarvo, keskimäärä
  average; sometimes the mathematical mean
  7. puolikas
  half-pint serving
  8. alipremissi
  logic: middle term of a syllogism
  9. puoliväli
  middle place or degree
  10. meedio
  someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/ 
  1. मध्य
        "I don't like too bright or too light colours, medium suits me fine."

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  materijal, medij, medija, nosač, okolina, srednja, srednji, sredstvo, umjeren, uvjeti života

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  1. közvetítô eszköz
  2. közeg
  3. közepes
  4. okozó

  medium //ˈmiː.di.əm// 
  sedang, tanggung
  of intermediate size

  medium //ˈmiː.di.əm// 
  cenayang, perantara
  someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world

  medium //ˈmiː.di.əm// 
  霊媒
  someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world

  medium /'mi:dıəm/
  1. vidurys, vidurkis
  2. priemonė, būdas
  3. (spec.) terpė, aplinka, laikmena
  4. tarpininkas, tarpininkavimas
  5. (dažų) tirpiklis
  6. vidutinis, vidurinis, tarpinis
  7. saikingas, nuosaikus
  8. (kar.) vidutinio kalibro

  medium /ˈmi:dɪəm/
  I.    średni
  II.   1.  środek, materiał
   2.  medium

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/  
  1. meio
  2. midia
  3. média
  4. médio

  medium //ˈmiː.di.əm// 
  mellanstor, mellan
  of intermediate size

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  1. (çoğ.)  media)  orta
  2. çevre, ortam
  3. araç, vasıta
  4. resim için boyaya katılan sıvı
  5. (biyol.) mikrop üretimine elverişli madde
  6. orta, vasat
  7. ortalama, vasati. medium frequency (radyo) orta dalga. news medium gazete through the medium of vasıtasıyle.

  medium /mˈiːdiəm/
  1. (çoğ.)  medyum.

  medius (media , medium ) 
  mitten

  medium /medijɵm/
  1. Milieu 
  2. Medium
  3. Mittel 

  medium /medijɵm/
  1. environment
  2. means, remedy, resources

  medium /medijɵm/
  1. environnement, milieu
  2. moyen, remède, ressource

  medium //ˈmedijʏm// 
  medio, medio hecho

  medium //ˈmedijʏm// 
  1. médium
  1-3 tussenstof
  2. medio, recurso
  6. hulpmiddel, middel

  medium
  medium

  medium
  medium

  medium /mˈeːdiːˌʉm/ 
  medium
  som är i mitten mellan två motsatta tillstånd

  medium /mˈeːdiːˌʉm/ 
  1. Mittelwert
  medelvärde
  2. Medium 2.
  person som kommunicerar med andevärlden
   3.
  kanal

  medium /mˈeːdiːˌʉm/ 
  médium, medio
  person som kommunicerar med andevärlden

  medium /mˈeːdiːˌʉm/ 
  medya 2.
  kanal
   3.
  person som kommunicerar med andevärlden

  
/ˈmeːdi̯ʊm/

  
/ˈmidiəm/

  
/ˈmeːdɪʉm/

  349 Moby Thesaurus words for "medium":
     Charlie McCarthy, actor, agency, agent, air brush, ambiance,
     ambience, ambient, amidships, ancilla, appliance, approach,
     arbitrator, arc, arc light, architect, art paper, atmosphere,
     atoms, autecology, author, automatist, avenue, average, balance,
     banal, betwixt and between, bien cuit, bioecology, bionomics,
     broker, brush, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas, center,
     central, chalk, channel, charcoal, chromogen, climate, coat,
     coat of paint, coating, color, color filter, color gelatin,
     colorant, coloring, common, compromise, connection, contact,
     contrivance, conveyance, core, course, crayon, creator, creature,
     crown, dead-color, deputy, device, dimmer, distemper, distillate,
     distillation, distributor, doer, done, doneness, drawing paper,
     drawing pencil, drier, dull, dummy, duodecimo, dupe, dye, dyestuff,
     easel, ecoclimate, ecodeme, ecology, ecosystem, ecstatic,
     eighteenmo, element, elixir, environment, equatorial, equidistant,
     essence, everyday, executant, executor, executrix, expedient,
     exterior paint, fabric, fabricator, fair, fair to middling,
     fairish, fence, fixative, flat coat, flat wash, floats, flood,
     floodlight, floor enamel, folio, footlights, foots, front,
     front man, gelatin, generality, gist, go-between, golden mean,
     ground, half measures, half-and-half measures, halfway,
     halfway measures, handmaid, handmaiden, happy medium, heart,
     imperial, implement, indifferent, insipid, instrument,
     instrumentality, instrumentation, interagent, interceder,
     intercessor, intercurrent, interior, interior paint, interjacent,
     intermediary, intermediate, intermediate agent, intermediation,
     intermediator, intermedium, internuncio, interpleader, intervener,
     intervenient, intervening, interventionist, interventor, jobber,
     juste-milieu, kernel, klieg light, lackluster, lay figure, lever,
     liaison, light plot, lights, limelight, link, long suit, maker,
     marquee, marrow, material, matter, maulstick, mean, means, meat,
     mechanism, medial, median, mediary, mediator, mediocre, mediocrity,
     mediterranean, medium-rare, mesial, mesne, method, metier, mezzo,
     mid, middle, middle course, middle ground, middle point,
     middle position, middle state, middle way, middle-of-the-road,
     middleman, middling, midland, midpoint, midships, midway, midwife,
     milieu, minion, ministry, mise-en-scene, mode, moderate,
     moderateness, moderation, modest, mouthpiece, mover, namby-pamby,
     necromancer, negotiant, negotiator, negotiatress, negotiatrix,
     neutral, neutral ground, norm, normal, nub, nuclear, octavo,
     octodecimo, of a kind, of a sort, of sorts, ombudsman,
     opaque color, operant, operative, operator, ordinary, organ,
     overcooked, overdone, oyster, paint, paintbrush, palette,
     palette knife, par, passable, pastel, pawn, pencil, performer,
     perpetrator, pigment, pigments, pith, plaything, popular,
     practitioner, prime coat, prime mover, primer, priming, producer,
     psychic, psychographist, puppet, quarto, quintessence, respectable,
     road, route, routine, royal, rule, run, run-of-mine,
     run-of-the-mill, sap, scratchboard, servant, sextodecimo,
     siccative, sixteenmo, sketchbook, sketchpad, slave, so-so, soul,
     spatula, spirit, spirit rapper, spiritist, spiritualist, spokesman,
     spokeswoman, spot, spotlight, spray gun, stain, standard, stooge,
     stuff, stump, subject, substance, sum and substance, super,
     surroundings, synecology, tangible, technique, tedious, tempera,
     thinner, tie, tinction, tincture, tolerable, tool, toy,
     transparent color, turpentine, turps, twelvemo, undercoat,
     undercoating, usual, vapid, varnish, vehicle, via media, vulgar,
     wash, wash coat, way, well-cooked, well-done, wholesaler,
     wishy-washy, worker
  
  

  n. 媒体,方法,媒介;
  a. 半生熟的,中的;

     n.
  中间,中庸,平均数,介质,媒介;媒体,手段,方法,宣传工具;