Dictionary Definition
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
Noun
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)]media See medium [also: mediae (pl)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , /ˈmiːdiə/, /"mi:di@/
- Rhymes with: -iːdiə
Noun
- The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with medium.Derived terms
Noun
- Formats for presenting information.
- Collage is a form of mixed-media artwork.
- In the context of "with a definite article": The journalists and other professionals who compose the mass communication industry.
- Plural of medium
Usage notes
When referring to media, as in media, i.e., the mass-communication industry comprising journalism and entertainment, media is usually held to be a singular noun (because it is not the plural of medium. It is a term derived from the concept of an industry communicating through different media, e.g., newspapers, television, films, magazines). In all other cases, it is the plural of medium, whether one is referring to artistic media, storage media (e.g., blank media, such as CDs), media players, etc.Derived terms
Translations
formats for presenting information
- Hungarian: média
the journalists and other professionals who
compose the mass communication industry
- Finnish: tiedotusvälineet, viestimet
- Persian: رسانه
- Portuguese: mídia
Esperanto
Etymology
From medio + -a.Adjective
Italian
Adjective
Noun
Synonyms
Verb
Spanish
Verb
Extensive Definition
Media may refer to:
In communication:
- Media
(communication), tools used to store and deliver information or
data
- Recording media, devices used to store information
- Print media, communications delivered via paper or canvas
- Electronic
media, communications delivered via electronic or
electromechanical energy
- Multimedia, communications that incorporate multiple forms of information content and processing
- Hypermedia, media with hyperlinks
- Digital
media, electronic media used to store, transmit, and receive
digitized information
- Electronic Business Media, digital media for electronic business
- Published
media, any media made available to the public
- Mass
media, all means of mass communication
- Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass electronic communication networks
- News
media, mass media focused on communicating news
- News media (United States), the news media of the United States of America
- Mass
media, all means of mass communication
- Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
- New media, media that can only be created or used with the aid of modern computer processing power
In computing:
- Computer data storage devices, material objects which hold data used in computers
In fine art:
- Media (arts), materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work
In life science:
- Growth media, objects in which microorganisms or cells can experience growth
- Tunica media, the middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel
- Media filter, a filter consisting of several different filter materials
Titles/Names
Locations
- Kaus Media, a star system in the constellation Sagittarius
- Medes, an empire founded in north western Iran
- Media, Illinois
- Media, Pennsylvania
Music
- Media (album), the 1998 album by The Faint
Names
- Medea, the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis in Greek mythology
See also
media in Afrikaans: Media
media in Danish: Medium
media in German: Medien
media in French: Média
media in Indonesian: Media
media in Italian: Media
media in Korean: 매체
media in Dutch: Medium
media in Polish: Media
media in Russian: Среднее значение
media in Swedish: Media
media in Yiddish: מידיע
media in Dimli: Medya
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
communication engineering, communication
explosion, communication technology, communication theory, communications,
communications engineer, communications industry, communications
medium, communications network, electrical communication,
electronic communication, electronic communications, information
explosion, information theory, radiocommunication,
signaling, telecommunication,
wire communication, wireless communication