medium
noun
1 medium
A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information.
Roget 29:
mean,
average;
median,
mode;
balance,
medium,
mediocrity,
generality;
golden mean
etc.
(mid-course)
628;
middle
etc.
68;
compromise
etc.
774;
middle course,
middle state;
neutrality.
mediocrity,
least common denominator.
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Roget 68:
middle,
midst,
mediety†,
mean
etc.
29;
medium,
middle term;
center
etc.
222,
mid-course
etc.
628;
mezzo termine [It];
juste milieu [Fr.]
etc.
628;
halfway house,
nave,
navel,
omphalos†;
nucleus,
nucleolus.
equidistance†,
bisection,
half distance;
equator,
diaphragm,
midriff;
intermediate
etc.
228.
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Roget 227:
circumjacence†,
circumambience†;
environment,
encompassment;
atmosphere,
medium,
surroundings.
outpost;
border
etc.
(edge)
231;
girdle
etc.
(circumference)
230;
outskirts,
boulebards,
suburbs,
purlieus,
precincts,
faubourgs†,
environs,
entourage,
banlieue†;
neighborhood,
vicinage,
vicinity.
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Roget 428:
color,
hue,
tint,
tinge,
dye,
complexion,
shade,
tincture,
cast,
livery,
coloration,
glow,
flush;
tone,
key.
pure color,
positive color,
primary color,
primitive complementary color;
three primaries;
spectrum,
chromatic dispersion;
broken color,
secondary color,
tertiary color.
local color,
coloring,
keeping,
tone,
value,
aerial perspective.
[Science of color]
chromatics,
spectrum analysis,
spectroscopy;
chromatism†,
chromatography†,
chromatology†.
[instruments to measure color]
prism,
spectroscope,
spectrograph,
spectrometer,
colorimeter
(optical instruments)
445.
pigment,
coloring matter,
paint,
dye,
wash,
distemper,
stain;
medium;
mordant;
oil paint
etc.
(painting)
556.
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Roget 631:
instrumentality;
aid
etc.
707;
subservience,
subserviency;
mediation,
intervention,
medium,
intermedium†,
vehicle,
hand;
agency
etc.
170.
minister,
handmaid;
midwife,
accoucheur [Fr.],
accoucheuse [Fr.],
obstetrician;
gobetween;
cat's-paw;
stepping-stone.
opener
etc.
260;
key;
master key,
passkey,
latchkey;
open sesame;"
passport,
passe-partout,
safe-conduct,
password.
instrument
etc.
633;
expedient
etc.
(plan)
626;
means
etc.
632.
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Roget 632:
means,
resources,
wherewithal,
ways and means;
capital
etc.
(money)
800;
revenue;
stock in trade
etc.
636;
provision
etc.
637;
a shot in the locker;
appliances
etc.
(machinery)
633;
means and appliances;
conveniences;
cards to play;
expedients
etc.
(measures)
626;
two strings to one's bow;
sheet anchor
etc.
(safety)
666;
aid
etc.
707;
medium
etc.
631.
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Roget 994:
sorcerer,
magician;
thaumaturgist†,
theurgist;
conjuror,
necromancer,
seer,
wizard,
witch;
hoodoo,
voodoo;
fairy
etc.
980;
lamia†,
hag.
warlock,
charmer,
exorcist,
mage†;
cunning man,
medicine man;
Shaman,
figure flinger,
ecstatica†;
medium,
clairvoyant,
fortune teller;
mesmerist;
deus ex machina [Lat.];
soothsayer
etc.
513.
Katerfelto,
Cagliostro,
Mesmer,
Rosicrucian;
Circe,
siren,
weird sisters.
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Dutch: communicatiemiddel, medium
Polish: wehikuł, przekaźnik, medium, nośnik
2 medium
The surrounding environment.
Polish: medium, ośrodek, środowisko
3 medium
An intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication.
Dutch: media
4 medium
bacteriology A nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms.
synonym: culture medium.
Dutch: medium
Polish: pożywka
5 medium
A liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter.
6 medium
biology A substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed.
7 medium
An intervening substance through which something is achieved.
8 medium
A state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position.
9 medium
Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead:
— He consulted several mediums.
synonyms: sensitive, spiritualist.
Dutch: medium
Polish: medium
10 medium
usually plural Transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public.
synonym: mass medium.
11 medium
An occupation for which you are especially well suited.
synonym: metier.
adjective
1 medium
2 medium
meat Cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside.
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media
noun
Roget 532:
news;
information
etc.
527;
piece of news [Fr.],
budget of news,
budget of information;
intelligence,
tidings.
word,
advice,
aviso [Sp.],
message;
dispatch,
despatch;
telegram,
cable,
marconigram†,
wire,
communication,
errand,
embassy.
report,
rumor,
hearsay,
on dit [Fr.],
flying rumor,
news stirring,
cry,
buzz,
bruit,
fame;
talk,
oui dire [Fr.],
scandal,
eavesdropping;
town tattle,
table talk;
tittle tattle;
canard,
topic of the day,
idea afloat.
bulletin,
fresh news,
stirring news;
glad tidings;
flash,
news just in;
on-the-spot coverage;
live coverage.
old story,
old news,
stale news,
stale story;
chestnut [Slang].
narrator
etc.
(describe)
594;
newsmonger,
scandalmonger;
talebearer,
telltale,
gossip,
tattler.
[study of news reporting]
journalism.
[methods of conveying news]
media,
news media,
the press,
the information industry;
newspaper,
magazine,
tract,
journal,
gazette,
publication
etc.
531;
radio,
television,
ticker
(electronic information transmission).
[organizations producing news reports]
[methods of conveying news]
United Press International,
UPI;
Associated Press,
AP;
The Dow Jones News Service,
DJ;
The New York Times News Service,
NYT;
Reuters [Brit.];
TASS [Rus.];
The Nikkei [Jap.].
[person reporting news as a profession]
newscaster,
newsman,
newswoman,
reporter,
journalist,
correspondent,
foreign correspondent,
special correspondent,
war correspondent,
news team,
news department;
anchorman,
anchorwoman†;
sportscaster;
weatherman.
[officials providing news for an organization]
press secretary,
public relations department,
public relations man.
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