medium
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
Noun 4 meanings
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
A format for communicating or presenting information.
A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.
Adjective 3 meanings
Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
That is medium (the manufactured size).
Adverb 1 meaning
To a medium extent.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare middle. Doublet of mid, medio, media, and meson.
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MEDIUM at a glance
MEDIUM has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (M 3 + E 1 + D 2 + I 1 + U 1 + M 3) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,399 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with medium
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- TEDIUM9
- MEDIUS9
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