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Definition of Medium

Medium That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean. See Mean. The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted. An average. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper. The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application. Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength. Related Definitions: Accomplished, Action, Air, An, And, Animal, Another, Any, Anything, Application, Are, As, Average, Be, Being, Between, Body, Brought, By, Carried, Certain, Common, Condition, Connection, Conveyed, Decoction, Degree, Dry, Effect, Event, For, From, Ground, Having, Hence, Horse, In, Intermediate, Intervening, Into, Is, Liquid, Magnetism, Manifested, Mean, Medial, Medium, Middle, Motion, Name, Necessary, Of, On, One, Or, Other, Paper, Person, Place, Position, Prepared, Printing, Quantity, Said, See, Size, Sound, Specifically, Spiritualism, Strength, Substance, Syllogism, Term, That, The, Thing, Through, To, Trade, Transmitted, Upon, Vehicle, Which, Whom, With, Writing

Medium Quotations The medium is not the message - the message is the message. Penn Jillette Film, I think, is my medium. Pia Zadora Television is a young person's medium. Bernard Cornwell I have been no more than a medium, as it were. Henri Matisse Television is a medium because anything well done is rare. Fred Allen

Medium Translations medium in German is durchschnittich, mittel..

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