| slovo | definícia |
medium
(mass) | medium
- médium |
medium
(mass) | medium
- stredný |
medium
(msasasci) | medium
- medium |
medium
(encz) | medium,medium (mikrobiologie) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
medium
(encz) | medium,prostředek n: RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
medium
(encz) | medium,střed n: RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
medium
(encz) | medium,střední adj: |
Medium
(gcide) | Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
Medius.]
1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
(a) Middle place or degree; mean.
[1913 Webster]
The just medium . . . lies between pride and
abjection. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Math.) See Mean.
(c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
by which the extremes are brought into connection.
[1913 Webster]
2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
a person through whom the action of another being is said
to be manifested and transmitted.
[1913 Webster]
Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
--Denham.
[1913 Webster]
3. An average. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
A medium of six years of war, and six years of
peace. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
sizes. See Paper.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
ground and prepared for application.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
conditions; also called culture medium or {growth
medium}. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
agar.
[PJC]
7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
messages from an information source to the public, also
called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used
mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media.
See 1st media[2].
[PJC]
Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
coin, bank notes, or government notes.
Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
exchange of commodities -- money or current
representatives of money.
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Medium
(gcide) | Medium \Me"di*um\, a.
Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate;
medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium
strength.
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medium
(wn) | medium
adj 1: around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of
average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
[syn: average, intermediate, medium]
2: (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
n 1: a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating
information
2: the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium"
3: an intervening substance through which signals can travel as
a means for communication
4: (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is
used to cultivate micro-organisms [syn: culture medium,
medium]
5: a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
6: (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or
displayed
7: an intervening substance through which something is achieved;
"the dissolving medium is called a solvent"
8: a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle
position; "a happy medium"
9: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and
the dead; "he consulted several mediums" [syn: medium,
spiritualist, sensitive]
10: (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely
to the public [syn: medium, mass medium]
11: an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in
law he found his true metier" [syn: metier, medium] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
medium
(mass) | medium
- médiummedium
- stredný |
mediumrange
(mass) | medium-range
- stredného rozsahu |
mediumsized
(mass) | medium-sized
- stredne veľký |
mediumterm
(mass) | medium-term
- strednodobý |
medium
(msasasci) | medium
- medium |
contrast medium
(encz) | contrast medium, n: |
culture medium
(encz) | culture medium, n: |
data-storage medium
(encz) | data-storage medium, n: |
dispersing medium
(encz) | dispersing medium, n: |
dispersion medium
(encz) | dispersion medium,disperzní prostředí [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
interplanetary medium
(encz) | interplanetary medium, n: |
interstellar medium
(encz) | interstellar medium, n: |
magnetic medium
(encz) | magnetic medium,magnetické médium n: [it.] Ivan Masár |
magnetic storage medium
(encz) | magnetic storage medium,magnetické médium n: [it.] Ivan Masár |
mass medium
(encz) | mass medium, n: |
medium
(encz) | medium,medium (mikrobiologie) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačmedium,prostředek n: RNDr. Pavel Piskačmedium,střed n: RNDr. Pavel Piskačmedium,střední adj: |
medium effective dose
(encz) | medium effective dose,střední účinná dávka [eko.] abbrev.: ED50 RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
medium frequency
(encz) | medium frequency, n: |
medium lethal dose
(encz) | medium lethal dose,střední letální (smrtelná) dávka [eko.] abbrev.:
LD50 RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
medium of exchange
(encz) | medium of exchange,prostředek směny Mgr. Dita Gálová |
medium pesticide lethal dose
(encz) | medium pesticide lethal dose,střední letální (smrtelná) dávka
pesticidu [eko.] abbrev.: LD50 RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
medium steel
(encz) | medium steel, n: |
medium wave
(encz) | medium wave, n: |
medium-active waste
(encz) | medium-active waste,středně aktivní odpad [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
medium-range
(encz) | medium-range,středního rozsahu Zdeněk Brož |
medium-sized
(encz) | medium-sized,středně velký Zdeněk Brož |
medium-term
(encz) | medium-term,střednědobý [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
medium-term loan
(encz) | medium-term loan,střednědobá půjčka Mgr. Dita Gálová |
mediums
(encz) | mediums,prostředí Zdeněk Brožmediums,prostředky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
small- and medium-scale enterprises
(encz) | small- and medium-scale enterprises, |
storage medium
(encz) | storage medium, n: |
advanced medium-range air-to-air missile
(czen) | Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile,AMRAAM[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk
Brož a automatický překlad |
medium (mikrobiologie)
(czen) | medium (mikrobiologie),medium[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
medium launch vehicle
(czen) | Medium Launch Vehicle,MLV[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Circulating medium
(gcide) | Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
Medius.]
1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
(a) Middle place or degree; mean.
[1913 Webster]
The just medium . . . lies between pride and
abjection. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Math.) See Mean.
(c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
by which the extremes are brought into connection.
[1913 Webster]
2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
a person through whom the action of another being is said
to be manifested and transmitted.
[1913 Webster]
Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
--Denham.
[1913 Webster]
3. An average. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
A medium of six years of war, and six years of
peace. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
sizes. See Paper.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
ground and prepared for application.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
conditions; also called culture medium or {growth
medium}. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
agar.
[PJC]
7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
messages from an information source to the public, also
called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used
mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media.
See 1st media[2].
[PJC]
Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
coin, bank notes, or government notes.
Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
exchange of commodities -- money or current
representatives of money.
[1913 Webster]Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Circulated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Circulating.] [L. circulatus, p. p. of
circulare, v. t., to surround, make round, circulari, v. i.,
to gather into a circle. See Circle.]
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1. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and
return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the
body. --Boyle.
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2. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or
from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a
story circulates.
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Circulating decimal. See Decimal.
Circulating library, a library whose books are loaned to
the public, usually at certain fixed rates.
Circulating medium. See Medium.
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culture medium
(gcide) | Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
Medius.]
1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
(a) Middle place or degree; mean.
[1913 Webster]
The just medium . . . lies between pride and
abjection. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Math.) See Mean.
(c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
by which the extremes are brought into connection.
[1913 Webster]
2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
a person through whom the action of another being is said
to be manifested and transmitted.
[1913 Webster]
Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
--Denham.
[1913 Webster]
3. An average. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
A medium of six years of war, and six years of
peace. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
sizes. See Paper.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
ground and prepared for application.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
conditions; also called culture medium or {growth
medium}. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
agar.
[PJC]
7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
messages from an information source to the public, also
called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used
mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media.
See 1st media[2].
[PJC]
Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
coin, bank notes, or government notes.
Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
exchange of commodities -- money or current
representatives of money.
[1913 Webster]Culture \Cul"ture\ (k?l"t?r; 135), n. [F. culture, L. cultura,
fr. colere to till, cultivate; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Colony.]
1. The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the
earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the
culture of the soil.
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2. The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training,
disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual
nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.
[1913 Webster]
If vain our toil
We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. --Pepe.
[1913 Webster]
3. The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation;
physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline
acquired by mental and moral training; civilization;
refinement in manners and taste.
[1913 Webster]
What the Greeks expressed by their paidei`a, the
Romans by their humanitas, we less happily try to
express by the more artificial word culture. --J. C.
Shairp.
[1913 Webster]
The list of all the items of the general life of a
people represents that whole which we call its
culture. --Tylor.
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4. (Biol.)
(a) The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms (such
as fungi or eukaryotic cells from mulitcellular
organisms) in artificial media or under artificial
conditions.
(b) The collection of organisms resulting from such a
cultivation.
Note: The growth of cells obtained from multicellular animals
or plants in artificial media is called {tissue
culture}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Note: The word is used adjectively with the above senses in
many phrases, such as: culture medium, any one of the
various mixtures of gelatin, meat extracts, etc., in
which organisms cultivated; culture flask, culture
oven, culture tube, gelatin culture, plate culture,
etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. (Cartography) Those details of a map, collectively, which
do not represent natural features of the area delineated,
as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses,
bridges, meridians, and parallels.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Culture fluid, Culture medium a fluid in which
microscopic organisms are made to develop, either for
purposes of study or as a means of modifying their
virulence. If the fluid is gelled by, for example, the use
of agar, it then is called, depending on the vessel in
which the gelled medium is contained, a plate, a slant, or
a stab.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Culture medium
(gcide) | Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
Medius.]
1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
(a) Middle place or degree; mean.
[1913 Webster]
The just medium . . . lies between pride and
abjection. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Math.) See Mean.
(c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
by which the extremes are brought into connection.
[1913 Webster]
2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
a person through whom the action of another being is said
to be manifested and transmitted.
[1913 Webster]
Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
--Denham.
[1913 Webster]
3. An average. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
A medium of six years of war, and six years of
peace. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
sizes. See Paper.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
ground and prepared for application.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
conditions; also called culture medium or {growth
medium}. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
agar.
[PJC]
7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
messages from an information source to the public, also
called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used
mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media.
See 1st media[2].
[PJC]
Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
coin, bank notes, or government notes.
Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
exchange of commodities -- money or current
representatives of money.
[1913 Webster]Culture \Cul"ture\ (k?l"t?r; 135), n. [F. culture, L. cultura,
fr. colere to till, cultivate; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Colony.]
1. The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the
earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the
culture of the soil.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training,
disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual
nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.
[1913 Webster]
If vain our toil
We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. --Pepe.
[1913 Webster]
3. The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation;
physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline
acquired by mental and moral training; civilization;
refinement in manners and taste.
[1913 Webster]
What the Greeks expressed by their paidei`a, the
Romans by their humanitas, we less happily try to
express by the more artificial word culture. --J. C.
Shairp.
[1913 Webster]
The list of all the items of the general life of a
people represents that whole which we call its
culture. --Tylor.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Biol.)
(a) The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms (such
as fungi or eukaryotic cells from mulitcellular
organisms) in artificial media or under artificial
conditions.
(b) The collection of organisms resulting from such a
cultivation.
Note: The growth of cells obtained from multicellular animals
or plants in artificial media is called {tissue
culture}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Note: The word is used adjectively with the above senses in
many phrases, such as: culture medium, any one of the
various mixtures of gelatin, meat extracts, etc., in
which organisms cultivated; culture flask, culture
oven, culture tube, gelatin culture, plate culture,
etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. (Cartography) Those details of a map, collectively, which
do not represent natural features of the area delineated,
as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses,
bridges, meridians, and parallels.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Culture fluid, Culture medium a fluid in which
microscopic organisms are made to develop, either for
purposes of study or as a means of modifying their
virulence. If the fluid is gelled by, for example, the use
of agar, it then is called, depending on the vessel in
which the gelled medium is contained, a plate, a slant, or
a stab.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Epimedium alpinum
(gcide) | Barrenwort \Bar"ren*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family ({Epimedium
alpinum}), having leaves that are bitter and said to be
sudorific.
[1913 Webster] |
Ethereal medium
(gcide) | Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
Medius.]
1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
(a) Middle place or degree; mean.
[1913 Webster]
The just medium . . . lies between pride and
abjection. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Math.) See Mean.
(c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
by which the extremes are brought into connection.
[1913 Webster]
2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
a person through whom the action of another being is said
to be manifested and transmitted.
[1913 Webster]
Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
--Denham.
[1913 Webster]
3. An average. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
A medium of six years of war, and six years of
peace. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
sizes. See Paper.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
ground and prepared for application.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
conditions; also called culture medium or {growth
medium}. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
agar.
[PJC]
7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
messages from an information source to the public, also
called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used
mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media.
See 1st media[2].
[PJC]
Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
coin, bank notes, or government notes.
Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
exchange of commodities -- money or current
representatives of money.
[1913 Webster] |
growth medium
(gcide) | Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
Medius.]
1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
(a) Middle place or degree; mean.
[1913 Webster]
The just medium . . . lies between pride and
abjection. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
(b) (Math.) See Mean.
(c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
by which the extremes are brought into connection.
[1913 Webster]
2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
a person through whom the action of another being is said
to be manifested and transmitted.
[1913 Webster]
Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
--Denham.
[1913 Webster]
3. An average. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
A medium of six years of war, and six years of
peace. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
sizes. See Paper.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
ground and prepared for application.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
conditions; also called culture medium or {growth
medium}. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
agar.
[PJC]
7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
messages from an information source to the public, also
called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used
mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media.
See 1st media[2].
[PJC]
Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
coin, bank notes, or government notes.
Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
exchange of commodities -- money or current
representatives of money.
[1913 Webster] |
Intermedium
(gcide) | Intermedium \In`ter*me"di*um\, n.; pl. Intermediums, L.
Intermedia. [NL., neut. of L. intermedius intermediate.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Intermediate space. [R.]
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2. An intervening agent or instrument. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Anat.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and
ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare
in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus,
and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and
most mammals.
[1913 Webster]Lunar \Lu"nar\, n.
1. (Astron.) A lunar distance.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the
carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium.
[1913 Webster] |
intermedium
(gcide) | Intermedium \In`ter*me"di*um\, n.; pl. Intermediums, L.
Intermedia. [NL., neut. of L. intermedius intermediate.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Intermediate space. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
2. An intervening agent or instrument. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Anat.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and
ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare
in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus,
and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and
most mammals.
[1913 Webster]Lunar \Lu"nar\, n.
1. (Astron.) A lunar distance.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the
carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium.
[1913 Webster] |
Intermediums
(gcide) | Intermedium \In`ter*me"di*um\, n.; pl. Intermediums, L.
Intermedia. [NL., neut. of L. intermedius intermediate.]
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1. Intermediate space. [R.]
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2. An intervening agent or instrument. --Cowper.
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3. (Anat.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and
ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare
in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus,
and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and
most mammals.
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Medium of exchange
(gcide) | Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
Medius.]
1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
(a) Middle place or degree; mean.
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The just medium . . . lies between pride and
abjection. --L'Estrange.
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(b) (Math.) See Mean.
(c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
by which the extremes are brought into connection.
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2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
a person through whom the action of another being is said
to be manifested and transmitted.
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Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
--Bacon.
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I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
--Denham.
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3. An average. [R.]
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A medium of six years of war, and six years of
peace. --Burke.
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4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
sizes. See Paper.
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5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
ground and prepared for application.
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6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
conditions; also called culture medium or {growth
medium}. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
agar.
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7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
messages from an information source to the public, also
called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used
mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media.
See 1st media[2].
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Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
coin, bank notes, or government notes.
Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
exchange of commodities -- money or current
representatives of money.
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Mediums
(gcide) | Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
Medius.]
1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
(a) Middle place or degree; mean.
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The just medium . . . lies between pride and
abjection. --L'Estrange.
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(b) (Math.) See Mean.
(c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
by which the extremes are brought into connection.
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2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
a person through whom the action of another being is said
to be manifested and transmitted.
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Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
--Bacon.
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I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
--Denham.
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3. An average. [R.]
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A medium of six years of war, and six years of
peace. --Burke.
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4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
sizes. See Paper.
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5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
ground and prepared for application.
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6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
conditions; also called culture medium or {growth
medium}. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
agar.
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7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
messages from an information source to the public, also
called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used
mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media.
See 1st media[2].
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Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
coin, bank notes, or government notes.
Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
exchange of commodities -- money or current
representatives of money.
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Medium-sized
(gcide) | Medium-sized \Me"di*um-sized`\, a.
Having a medium size; as, a medium-sized man.
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news medium
(gcide) | Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Media, E. Mediums. [L.
medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid, and cf.
Medius.]
1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
(a) Middle place or degree; mean.
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The just medium . . . lies between pride and
abjection. --L'Estrange.
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(b) (Math.) See Mean.
(c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
by which the extremes are brought into connection.
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2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
a person through whom the action of another being is said
to be manifested and transmitted.
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Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
--Bacon.
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I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
--Denham.
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3. An average. [R.]
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A medium of six years of war, and six years of
peace. --Burke.
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4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
sizes. See Paper.
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5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
ground and prepared for application.
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6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
conditions; also called culture medium or {growth
medium}. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
agar.
[PJC]
7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
messages from an information source to the public, also
called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used
mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media.
See 1st media[2].
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Circulating medium, a current medium of exchange, whether
coin, bank notes, or government notes.
Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether.
Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an
exchange of commodities -- money or current
representatives of money.
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agropyron intermedium
(wn) | Agropyron intermedium
n 1: Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for
pasture and fodder [syn: intermediate wheatgrass,
Agropyron intermedium, Elymus hispidus] |
broadcast medium
(wn) | broadcast medium
n 1: a medium that disseminates via telecommunications [syn:
broadcast medium, broadcasting] |
campanula medium
(wn) | Campanula medium
n 1: European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet
or white flowers [syn: Canterbury bell, cup and saucer,
Campanula medium] |
contrast medium
(wn) | contrast medium
n 1: a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it
allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it
fills [syn: contrast medium, contrast material] |
culture medium
(wn) | culture medium
n 1: (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that
is used to cultivate micro-organisms [syn: {culture
medium}, medium] |
data-storage medium
(wn) | data-storage medium
n 1: a medium for storing information [syn: storage medium,
data-storage medium] |
dispersing medium
(wn) | dispersing medium
n 1: (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally
dispersed [syn: dispersing phase, dispersion medium,
dispersing medium] |
dispersion medium
(wn) | dispersion medium
n 1: (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally
dispersed [syn: dispersing phase, dispersion medium,
dispersing medium] |
epimedium
(wn) | Epimedium
n 1: herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern
Asia [syn: Epimedium, genus Epimedium] |
epimedium grandiflorum
(wn) | Epimedium grandiflorum
n 1: slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on
erect wiry stems; used as ground cover [syn: barrenwort,
bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum] |
genus epimedium
(wn) | genus Epimedium
n 1: herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern
Asia [syn: Epimedium, genus Epimedium] |
interplanetary medium
(wn) | interplanetary medium
n 1: interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and
dust |
interstellar medium
(wn) | interstellar medium
n 1: interstellar space including streams of protons moving from
the stars |
magnetic medium
(wn) | magnetic medium
n 1: any storage medium in which different patterns of
magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of
information; "the hard disk in you computer is magnetic
storage" [syn: magnetic storage medium, {magnetic
medium}, magnetic storage] |
magnetic storage medium
(wn) | magnetic storage medium
n 1: any storage medium in which different patterns of
magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of
information; "the hard disk in you computer is magnetic
storage" [syn: magnetic storage medium, {magnetic
medium}, magnetic storage] |
mass medium
(wn) | mass medium
n 1: (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely
to the public [syn: medium, mass medium] |
medium
(wn) | medium
adj 1: around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of
average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
[syn: average, intermediate, medium]
2: (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
n 1: a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating
information
2: the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium"
3: an intervening substance through which signals can travel as
a means for communication
4: (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is
used to cultivate micro-organisms [syn: culture medium,
medium]
5: a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
6: (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or
displayed
7: an intervening substance through which something is achieved;
"the dissolving medium is called a solvent"
8: a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle
position; "a happy medium"
9: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and
the dead; "he consulted several mediums" [syn: medium,
spiritualist, sensitive]
10: (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely
to the public [syn: medium, mass medium]
11: an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in
law he found his true metier" [syn: metier, medium] |
medium frequency
(wn) | medium frequency
n 1: 300 to 3000 kilohertz [syn: medium frequency, MF] |
medium of exchange
(wn) | medium of exchange
n 1: anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value
and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region
[syn: medium of exchange, monetary system] |
medium steel
(wn) | medium steel
n 1: steel with 0.15-0.3% carbon |
medium wave
(wn) | medium wave
n 1: a radio wave with a wavelength between 100 and 1000 meters
(a frequency between 300 kilohertz and 3000 kilohertz) |
medium-dry
(wn) | medium-dry
adj 1: of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry |
medium-large
(wn) | medium-large
adj 1: of anything that is large but not the largest |
medium-size
(wn) | medium-size
adj 1: intermediate in size [syn: medium-sized, medium-size,
moderate-sized, moderate-size] |
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