Meaning & Definition of Medium in English

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

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"

10. (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

11. An occupation for which you are especially well suited

• "In law he found his true metier"

1. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation

• "An orange of average size"

• "Intermediate capacity"

• "Medium bombers"

2. (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside