medium

noun

1. 1.

   A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

2. 2.

   A format for communicating or presenting information.

3. 3.

   uncountableespecially clothingfood or drink

   One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured.

4. 4.

   countableespecially clothingfood or drink

   An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

5. 5.

   The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

6. 6.

   The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.

adjective

1. 1.

   Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.

2. 2.

   Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.

adverb

1. 1.

   To a medium extent.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

• medium frequencynounCompound term

  300 to 3000 kilohertz.

• medium of exchangenounCompound term

  Anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region.

• medium steelnounCompound term

  Steel with 0.15-0.3% carbon.

• medium wavenounCompound term

  A radio wave with a wavelength between 100 and 1000 meters (a frequency between 300 kilohertz and 3000 kilohertz).

• campanula mediumnounCompound term

  European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers.

• cold mediumnounCompound term

  A medium that usually, but not always, provides little involvement together with substantial stimulus.