media

The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.

A voiced stop consonant.

One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus

An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.

Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.

“As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media and, second, web-based media, traditional print-based media has declined in popularity.”

(usually with a definite article; often used as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.

“Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.”

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

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

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

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

(plural media or mediums) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.

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

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

(plural mediums or media) A tool used for painting or drawing.

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

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

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

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

(plural mediums) A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).

A middle place or degree.

“a happy medium”

An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.

The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.