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media (mēdĭȧ), n. sing. & pl.,
1. The latinic plural form of medium, sometimes used as a singular noun with the same meaning as medium; as, “(Computers) place your installation media into the device which will read it; (Microbiology) the tuberculosis bacterium will only grow in a special media”.
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2. The public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, collectively; the news media; as, “the media were obsessed with Monica Lewinsky for months”.
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‖Media, n.; pl. Mediae (-ē). [NL., fr. L. medius middle.]
1. (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes β, δ, γ (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, π, τ, κ (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) φ, θ, χ (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.
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Medium (?), 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.
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The just medium . . . lies between pride and abjection. L'Estrange.
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(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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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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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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5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.
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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.
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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 media2.
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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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