medium
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
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The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
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A format for communicating or presenting information.
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(microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.
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(usually)(biology, horticulture, etc.) A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.
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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.
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(engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
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(countable)(countable, plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
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(painting) A means of expression, in the arts, such as a material (oil, pastel, clay, etc) or method or style (expressionism, jazz, etc).
Acrylics, oils, charcoal, and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting.
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(countable)(countable, logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
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(countable)(countable, plural mediums or (rare, nonstandard) media) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
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(countable)A middle place or degree.
a happy medium
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable, noun from verb, obsolete)Arithmetically average.
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(not comparable, noun from verb)Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
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(not comparable, noun from verb)Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
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(especially, not comparable, noun from verb)(especially clothing, food or drink) That is medium (the manufactured size).
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable, noun from verb)To a medium extent.
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Latin medium, neuter of medius (middle), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (between). Compare middle. mid medio media meson.