“Media” is a form of
medium
/ˈmiː.di.əm/ noun, adjective, adverb
Forms media mediums
- noun The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
- noun The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
- noun A format for communicating or presenting information.
- noun (microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.
- noun (biology, horticulture, etc.) A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.
- noun A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved. “Cable TV is an inexpensive advertising medium.”
- noun (engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
- noun (countable, plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
- noun (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a large but larger than a small.
- noun (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- noun (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- noun (countable, Ireland, dated, informal) A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).
- adjective (obsolete) Arithmetically average.
- adjective Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
- adjective Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
- adjective (especially clothing, food or drink) That is medium (the manufactured size).
- adverb To a medium extent.
Synonyms
vehicle M mediumly culture medium spiritualist sensitive mass medium metier average intermediate
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare middle. Doublet of mid, medio, media, and meson.
Webster’s 1913
- noun That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.
- noun See Mean.
- adjective Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.
Etymology [L. medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf. Medius.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “medium”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details