medium : Idioms & Phrases


broadcast medium

  • noun a medium that disseminates via telecommunications
    broadcasting.
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campanula medium

  • noun European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers
    cup and saucer; Canterbury bell.
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Circulating medium

  • a current medium of exchange, whether coin, bank notes, or government notes.
  • . See Medium.
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contrast medium

  • noun a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills
    contrast material.
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culture medium

  • noun (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
    medium.
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data-storage medium

  • noun a medium for storing information
    data-storage medium.
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dispersing medium

  • noun (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed
    dispersing phase; dispersing medium.
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dispersion medium

  • noun (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed
    dispersing phase; dispersing medium.
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Ethereal medium

  • (Physics), the ether.
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gallinago media

  • noun Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
    woodcock snipe; great snipe.
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interplanetary medium

  • noun interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust
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interstellar medium

  • noun interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars
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magnetic medium

  • noun any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information
    magnetic storage; magnetic medium.
    • the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage
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magnetic storage medium

  • noun any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information
    magnetic storage; magnetic medium.
    • the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage
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mass medium

  • noun (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
    medium.
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media consultant

  • noun someone who advises about the use of communication media
    media consultant.
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media guru

  • noun someone who advises about the use of communication media
    media consultant.
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medium frequency

  • noun 300 to 3000 kilohertz
    MF.
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Medium of exchange

  • noun anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region
    monetary system.
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  • that which is used for effecting an exchange of commodities money or current representatives of money.
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medium steel

  • noun steel with 0.15-0.3% carbon
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medium wave

  • noun a radio wave with a wavelength between 100 and 1000 meters (a frequency between 300 kilohertz and 3000 kilohertz)
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medium-dry

  • adjective satellite of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry
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medium-large

  • adjective satellite of anything that is large but not the largest
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medium-size

  • adjective satellite intermediate in size
    moderate-size; moderate-sized; medium-size.
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medium-sized

  • adjective satellite intermediate in size
    moderate-size; moderate-sized; medium-size.
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Me"di*um-sized` adjective
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  1. Having a medium size; as, a medium-sized man.
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news media

  • noun newspapers and magazines collectively
    journalism.
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otitis media

  • noun inflammation of the middle ear; common in children
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plantago media

  • noun widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers
    hoary plantain.
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  • noun a medium that disseminates printed matter
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stellaria media

  • noun a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens
    common chickweed.
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storage medium

  • noun a medium for storing information
    data-storage medium.
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vena cerebri media

  • noun either of two cerebral veins
    middle cerebral vein.
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Via media

  • noun a middle way between two extremes
    compromise.
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  • L. (Theol.), the middle way; a name applied to their own position by the Anglican high-churchmen, as being between the Roman Catholic Church and what they term extreme Protestantism.
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