Definizione monolingua

medium

medium (plural media or mediums)^[1]

1. (plural media or mediums) The nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
2. (plural media or mediums) The material or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
3. (plural media or mediums) A format for communicating or presenting information.
4. (plural media or mediums, engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
5. (plural media or mediums, microbiology) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.
   • 1996, Samuel Baron (editor), Medical Microbiology:

     In some instances one can take advantage of differential carbohydrate fermentation capabilities of microorganisms by incorporating one or more carbohydrates in the medium along with a suitable pH indicator. Such media are called differential media (e.g., eosin methylene blue or MacConkey agar) and are commonly used to isolate enteric bacilli.

6. (plural media or mediums) The means or channel by which an aim is achieved.
7. (plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
8. (plural mediums or media, painting) A tool used for painting or drawing.

   Acrylics, oils, charcoal and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting.

9. (plural mediums, spiritualism) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
10. (plural mediums) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
11. (plural mediums) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.

medium (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Arithmetically average.
2. Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
3. Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.

Definizione dizionario medium

	medio
	of intermediate size
	A substance in which signals can be transmitted, such as a wire or fiber-optic cable.

mezzo

	medium
	someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world

	supporto
	A substance in which signals can be transmitted, such as a wire or fiber-optic cable.

ambiente

elemento

espediente

intermedio

media

mediano

mezzano

modo

strumento

tramite

veicolo

Altri significati:

(plural mediums ) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.

(plural media ) A format for communicating or presenting information.

(plural media , engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.

The nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

(plural media ) The material or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.

(plural media , microbiology) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells '''in vitro''' .

(culture) medium

(plural media ) The nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

a format for communicating or presenting information

Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.

Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead.

Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.

the material or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass

the means or channel by which an aim is achieved

(obsolete) Arithmetically average.

(plural mediums , spiritualism) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.

(plural mediums ) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.

Meat cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside.

A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.

(plural mediums ) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.

(plural media ) The means or channel by which an aim is achieved.

the nature of the surrounding environment