1. A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
   "The artist experimented with various media"; "Digital media have revolutionized information storage"
    
2. An intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
   "Air is the medium for sound waves"
    
3. (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
   "Television and radio are traditional mass media";
   - mass medium
    
4. An intervening substance through which something is achieved
   "the dissolving medium is called a solvent"
    
5. The surrounding environment
   "fish require an aqueous medium"
    
6. (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
   "The researchers used a specialized culture medium to grow the rare bacteria";
   - culture medium
    
7. A liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
   "The artist experimented with different mediums to achieve the desired texture"
    
8. (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
   "The biologist preserved the rare insect in a clear medium"
    
9. A state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
   "a happy medium"
    
10. Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
    "The medium claimed to communicate messages from departed loved ones";
    - spiritualist, sensitive
     
11. An occupation for which you are especially well suited
    "in law he found his true medium";
    - métier

1. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation
   "medium bombers";
   - average, intermediate
    
2. (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
   "He ordered his steak medium"

Derived forms: media, mediums

See also: cooked, moderate

Type of: business, communicating, communication, environment, environs, food, instrumentality, instrumentation, job, line, line of work, liquid, means, nutrient, occupation, psychic, state, substance, surround, surroundings, transmission

Encyclopedia: Medium, Rare and Remastered