Medium
noun
Something that is used to communicate or transmit something else.
Television is a common medium for news and entertainment.
Often appears as...
- communication medium
- artistic medium
adjective
In the middle between two sizes, levels, amounts.
I would like to order a medium pizza.
Often appears as...
- medium size
- medium rare
noun
A person who says they can communicate with people who are dead.
She consulted a medium to speak to her deceased husband.
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Colloquial
noun
A substance in which microorganisms, cells, or tissues are cultured for scientific purposes.
The bacteria will grow in a nutrient-rich medium.
Often appears as...
- growth medium
- culture medium
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Technical
noun
The material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer.
Oil paint is his preferred medium.
Often appears as...
- artistic medium
- medium format
noun
Something that is used to communicate or transmit something else.
Television is a common medium for news and entertainment.
Often appears as...
- communication medium
- artistic medium
adjective
In the middle between two sizes, levels, amounts.
I would like to order a medium pizza.
Often appears as...
- medium size
- medium rare
noun
A person who says they can communicate with people who are dead.
She consulted a medium to speak to her deceased husband.
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A substance in which microorganisms, cells, or tissues are cultured for scientific purposes.
The bacteria will grow in a nutrient-rich medium.
Often appears as...
- growth medium
- culture medium
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer.
Oil paint is his preferred medium.
Often appears as...
- artistic medium
- medium format
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Communication Tool
Refers to ways information is shared, whether it's auditory, visual, digital, or print.
Paint can be a medium for creative expression.
Pro Tip 2/2Transferable Concepts
Can also mean the intermediary substance that carries something, like a fragrance.
The air acted as a medium carrying the scent.
Pro Tip 1/2Communication Tool
Refers to ways information is shared, whether it's auditory, visual, digital, or print.
Paint can be a medium for creative expression.
Pro Tip 2/2Transferable Concepts
Can also mean the intermediary substance that carries something, like a fragrance.
The air acted as a medium carrying the scent.
Pro Tip 1/2Communication Tool
Refers to ways information is shared, whether it's auditory, visual, digital, or print.
Paint can be a medium for creative expression.
Pro Tip 2/2Transferable Concepts
Can also mean the intermediary substance that carries something, like a fragrance.
The air acted as a medium carrying the scent.
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Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
thousands of photographs you had itty bitty mobs they were just kind of hovering in space medium sized mods landing on the flower but no capability to get any nectar as a reward there's one photo where the orchid just bounces out of the frame down and out of the frame up I'm like what in the world is
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How can social media...
would not in fact have any real political political impact largely because any medium that's used to distribute videos of coure use on treadmills couldn't possibly also be serious but that's the same logic is suggesting that the Declaration of Independence can't be important because
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Music and creativity in...
as more than just school subjects. These were the hallmarks of civilization in what, to their eyes, was a pretty barbaric world. An educated, civilized person was expected to be proficient in all aspects of creative thought inspired by the Muses, and the common medium
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Why the universe seems...
Middle World. We are evolved denizens of Middle World, and that limits what we are capable of imagining. We find it intuitively easy to grasp ideas like, when a rabbit moves at the sort of medium velocity at which rabbits and other Middle World objects move,
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Inside a cartoonist's...
But how can a medium that is on the surface so simple have so much influence and at times be so meaningful? Let's look at what a cartoon is. It starts with an idea. The idea can be verbal, written in words, or it can be visual. A visual idea is simply
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What Islam really says...
And it was the first time that I felt it was not only acceptable for me to be involved, but it was encouraged. It was demanded. Myself and other women had a seat at the table. We weren't holding hands or a medium. We were part of decision making.
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Chris Milk: How virtual...
to try to tell the most compelling stories that I can to an audience. And film is this incredible medium that allows us to feel empathy for people that are very different than us and worlds completely foreign from our own. Unfortunately,
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String theory - Brian...
gravity works and let me show you what it is that he found so Einstein found that the medium that transmits gravity is space itself the idea goes like this imagine space is a substrate of all there is Einstein said space is nice and
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How do glasses help us...
Today, glasses can help millions of people with poor vision due to uncorrected refractive errors. The key to understanding what that means lies with the term refraction, the ability of a transparent medium, like glass, water,
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Africa's Deadliest...
gathering the pride for a potential hunt Lions were mostly stalk medium sized herbivores but have also been known to attack elephants this however is extremely rare but when the pride works together the lion
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Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
thousands of photographs you had itty bitty mobs they were just kind of hovering in space medium sized mods landing on the flower but no capability to get any nectar as a reward there's one photo where the orchid just bounces out of the frame down and out of the frame up I'm like what in the world is
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How can social media...
would not in fact have any real political political impact largely because any medium that's used to distribute videos of coure use on treadmills couldn't possibly also be serious but that's the same logic is suggesting that the Declaration of Independence can't be important because
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Music and creativity in...
as more than just school subjects. These were the hallmarks of civilization in what, to their eyes, was a pretty barbaric world. An educated, civilized person was expected to be proficient in all aspects of creative thought inspired by the Muses, and the common medium
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Why the universe seems...
Middle World. We are evolved denizens of Middle World, and that limits what we are capable of imagining. We find it intuitively easy to grasp ideas like, when a rabbit moves at the sort of medium velocity at which rabbits and other Middle World objects move,
Video examples
Inside a cartoonist's...
But how can a medium that is on the surface so simple have so much influence and at times be so meaningful? Let's look at what a cartoon is. It starts with an idea. The idea can be verbal, written in words, or it can be visual. A visual idea is simply
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What Islam really says...
And it was the first time that I felt it was not only acceptable for me to be involved, but it was encouraged. It was demanded. Myself and other women had a seat at the table. We weren't holding hands or a medium. We were part of decision making.
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Chris Milk: How virtual...
to try to tell the most compelling stories that I can to an audience. And film is this incredible medium that allows us to feel empathy for people that are very different than us and worlds completely foreign from our own. Unfortunately,
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String theory - Brian...
gravity works and let me show you what it is that he found so Einstein found that the medium that transmits gravity is space itself the idea goes like this imagine space is a substrate of all there is Einstein said space is nice and
Video examples
How do glasses help us...
Today, glasses can help millions of people with poor vision due to uncorrected refractive errors. The key to understanding what that means lies with the term refraction, the ability of a transparent medium, like glass, water,
Video examples
Africa's Deadliest...
gathering the pride for a potential hunt Lions were mostly stalk medium sized herbivores but have also been known to attack elephants this however is extremely rare but when the pride works together the lion
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Frederic William Farrar
Indian Theologian
But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
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Martin Scorsese
American Director
Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.
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Bing Gordon
American Businessman
I believe in books. I believe more in 'cross-media' - how characters are adapting across mediums.
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Fredrick Brennan
Imageboards are the most important medium for free speech on the Internet.
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Federico Fellini
Italian Director
The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.
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Ernie Kovacs
American Comedian
Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done.
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Austin Grossman
Writer
Video games are a huge, incredibly popular, world-transforming medium.
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J Balvin
Colombian Musician
My medium is music, but my goal is to motivate people to dream.
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Fred Allen
American Comedian
Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.
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Jennifer Winget
Indian Actress
Basically, I love to act. The medium is not important.
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Frederic William Farrar
Indian Theologian
But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
Quote examples
Martin Scorsese
American Director
Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.
Quote examples
Bing Gordon
American Businessman
I believe in books. I believe more in 'cross-media' - how characters are adapting across mediums.
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Fredrick Brennan
Imageboards are the most important medium for free speech on the Internet.
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Federico Fellini
Italian Director
The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.
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Ernie Kovacs
American Comedian
Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done.
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Austin Grossman
Writer
Video games are a huge, incredibly popular, world-transforming medium.
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J Balvin
Colombian Musician
My medium is music, but my goal is to motivate people to dream.
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Fred Allen
American Comedian
Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.
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Jennifer Winget
Indian Actress
Basically, I love to act. The medium is not important.
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