medium 音标拼音: [m'idiəm]
n .
中间,中庸,平均数,介质,媒介;媒体,手段,方法,宣传工具;
中间,中庸,平均数,介质,媒介;媒体,手段,方法,宣传工具;
medium 媒介;媒体;储存媒体;中等的
medium 媒体 中
medium adj 1 :
around the middle of a scale of evaluation ; "
an orange of average size "; "
intermediate capacity "; "
medium bombers "
[
synonym : {
average }, {
intermediate }, {
medium }]
2 : (
meat )
cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside n 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 [
synonym : {
culture medium },
{
medium }]
5 :
a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter 6 : (
biology )
a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed 7 :
an intervening substance through which something is achieved ;
"
the dissolving medium is called a solvent "
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 " [
synonym : {
medium },
{
spiritualist }, {
sensitive }]
10 : (
usually plural )
transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public [
synonym : {
medium }, {
mass medium }]
11 :
an occupation for which you are especially well suited ; "
in law he found his true metier " [
synonym : {
metier }, {
medium }]
Medium \
Me "
di *
um \,
n .;
pl .
L . {
Media }, {
E }. {
Mediums }. [
L .
medium the middle ,
fr .
medius middle .
See {
Mid },
and cf .
{
Medius }.]
1 .
That which lies in the middle ,
or between other things ;
intervening body or quantity .
Hence ,
specifically :
(
a )
Middle place or degree ;
mean .
[
1913 Webster ]
The just medium . . .
lies between pride and abjection . --
L '
Estrange .
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1913 Webster ]
(
b ) (
Math .)
See {
Mean }.
(
c ) (
Logic )
The mean or middle term of a syllogism ;
that by which the extremes are brought into connection .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Whether any other liquors ,
being made mediums ,
cause a diversity of sound from water ,
it may be tried .
--
Bacon .
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I must bring together All these extremes ;
and must remove all mediums .
--
Denham .
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3 .
An average . [
R .]
[
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A medium of six years of war ,
and six years of peace . --
Burke .
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4 .
A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes .
See {
Paper }.
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1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Paint .)
The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 . (
Microbiology )
A source of nutrients in which a microorganism is placed to permit its growth ,
cause it to produce substances ,
or observe its activity under defined conditions ;
also called {
culture medium }
or {
growth medium }.
The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in water ,
or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or agar .
[
PJC ]
7 .
A means of transmission of news ,
advertising ,
or other messages from an information source to the public ,
also called a {
news medium },
such as a newspaper or radio ;
used mostly in the plural form ,
i .
e . {
news media }
or {
media }.
See 1st {
media }[
2 ].
[
PJC ]
{
Circulating medium },
a current medium of exchange ,
whether coin ,
bank notes ,
or government notes .
{
Ethereal medium } (
Physics ),
the ether .
{
Medium of exchange },
that which is used for effecting an exchange of commodities --
money or current representatives of money .
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1913 Webster ]
Medium \
Me "
di *
um \,
a .
Having a middle position or degree ;
mean ;
intermediate ;
medial ;
as ,
a horse of medium size ;
a decoction of medium strength .
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1913 Webster ]
349 Moby Thesaurus words for "
medium ":
Charlie McCarthy ,
actor ,
agency ,
agent ,
air brush ,
ambiance ,
ambience ,
ambient ,
amidships ,
ancilla ,
appliance ,
approach ,
arbitrator ,
arc ,
arc light ,
architect ,
art paper ,
atmosphere ,
atoms ,
autecology ,
author ,
automatist ,
avenue ,
average ,
balance ,
banal ,
betwixt and between ,
bien cuit ,
bioecology ,
bionomics ,
broker ,
brush ,
camera lucida ,
camera obscura ,
canvas ,
center ,
central ,
chalk ,
channel ,
charcoal ,
chromogen ,
climate ,
coat ,
coat of paint ,
coating ,
color ,
color filter ,
color gelatin ,
colorant ,
coloring ,
common ,
compromise ,
connection ,
contact ,
contrivance ,
conveyance ,
core ,
course ,
crayon ,
creator ,
creature ,
crown ,
dead -
color ,
deputy ,
device ,
dimmer ,
distemper ,
distillate ,
distillation ,
distributor ,
doer ,
done ,
doneness ,
drawing paper ,
drawing pencil ,
drier ,
dull ,
dummy ,
duodecimo ,
dupe ,
dye ,
dyestuff ,
easel ,
ecoclimate ,
ecodeme ,
ecology ,
ecosystem ,
ecstatic ,
eighteenmo ,
element ,
elixir ,
environment ,
equatorial ,
equidistant ,
essence ,
everyday ,
executant ,
executor ,
executrix ,
expedient ,
exterior paint ,
fabric ,
fabricator ,
fair ,
fair to middling ,
fairish ,
fence ,
fixative ,
flat coat ,
flat wash ,
floats ,
flood ,
floodlight ,
floor enamel ,
folio ,
footlights ,
foots ,
front ,
front man ,
gelatin ,
generality ,
gist ,
go -
between ,
golden mean ,
ground ,
half measures ,
half -
and -
half measures ,
halfway ,
halfway measures ,
handmaid ,
handmaiden ,
happy medium ,
heart ,
imperial ,
implement ,
indifferent ,
insipid ,
instrument ,
instrumentality ,
instrumentation ,
interagent ,
interceder ,
intercessor ,
intercurrent ,
interior ,
interior paint ,
interjacent ,
intermediary ,
intermediate ,
intermediate agent ,
intermediation ,
intermediator ,
intermedium ,
internuncio ,
interpleader ,
intervener ,
intervenient ,
intervening ,
interventionist ,
interventor ,
jobber ,
juste -
milieu ,
kernel ,
klieg light ,
lackluster ,
lay figure ,
lever ,
liaison ,
light plot ,
lights ,
limelight ,
link ,
long suit ,
maker ,
marquee ,
marrow ,
material ,
matter ,
maulstick ,
mean ,
means ,
meat ,
mechanism ,
medial ,
median ,
mediary ,
mediator ,
mediocre ,
mediocrity ,
mediterranean ,
medium -
rare ,
mesial ,
mesne ,
method ,
metier ,
mezzo ,
mid ,
middle ,
middle course ,
middle ground ,
middle point ,
middle position ,
middle state ,
middle way ,
middle -
of -
the -
road ,
middleman ,
middling ,
midland ,
midpoint ,
midships ,
midway ,
midwife ,
milieu ,
minion ,
ministry ,
mise -
en -
scene ,
mode ,
moderate ,
moderateness ,
moderation ,
modest ,
mouthpiece ,
mover ,
namby -
pamby ,
necromancer ,
negotiant ,
negotiator ,
negotiatress ,
negotiatrix ,
neutral ,
neutral ground ,
norm ,
normal ,
nub ,
nuclear ,
octavo ,
octodecimo ,
of a kind ,
of a sort ,
of sorts ,
ombudsman ,
opaque color ,
operant ,
operative ,
operator ,
ordinary ,
organ ,
overcooked ,
overdone ,
oyster ,
paint ,
paintbrush ,
palette ,
palette knife ,
par ,
passable ,
pastel ,
pawn ,
pencil ,
performer ,
perpetrator ,
pigment ,
pigments ,
pith ,
plaything ,
popular ,
practitioner ,
prime coat ,
prime mover ,
primer ,
priming ,
producer ,
psychic ,
psychographist ,
puppet ,
quarto ,
quintessence ,
respectable ,
road ,
route ,
routine ,
royal ,
rule ,
run ,
run -
of -
mine ,
run -
of -
the -
mill ,
sap ,
scratchboard ,
servant ,
sextodecimo ,
siccative ,
sixteenmo ,
sketchbook ,
sketchpad ,
slave ,
so -
so ,
soul ,
spatula ,
spirit ,
spirit rapper ,
spiritist ,
spiritualist ,
spokesman ,
spokeswoman ,
spot ,
spotlight ,
spray gun ,
stain ,
standard ,
stooge ,
stuff ,
stump ,
subject ,
substance ,
sum and substance ,
super ,
surroundings ,
synecology ,
tangible ,
technique ,
tedious ,
tempera ,
thinner ,
tie ,
tinction ,
tincture ,
tolerable ,
tool ,
toy ,
transparent color ,
turpentine ,
turps ,
twelvemo ,
undercoat ,
undercoating ,
usual ,
vapid ,
varnish ,
vehicle ,
via media ,
vulgar ,
wash ,
wash coat ,
way ,
well -
cooked ,
well -
done ,
wholesaler ,
wishy -
washy ,
worker
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