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medium-size

medium-size

3 2.3
Of a size between small and large
  • adjective
  • /ˈmiːdiəm saɪz/
translation icon : mediano
  • That is like a medium-size ice rink.
  • small or medium-size

So you just have medium sized gametes which fuse together.

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Examples

  • Most of the boats in the inshore fishery are of a medium size (21-40 feet), while large boats (>40 feet) represent the least frequently used vessel size (Fig. 2).

    Academic text (1991)

  • "A single data center can take more power than a medium-size town."

    Blog text (28)

  • "... a man of medium size...

    Blog text (8)

  • But we have a sort of small to medium sized dog, which is more apartment friendly.

  • The big square one is for the top lock, and the medium-size one is for the bottom lock.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • It'll fit, you know, in most medium sized makeup bags.

  • A similar approach was taken by ZF engineers in developing their advanced CVT for medium-size passenger cars.

    Academic text (1994)

  • At Li's high school, which is considered to be of medium size with its 3,000 students, kids attend classes six days a week for 10 hours each day.

    Blog text (10)

  • The properties were medium size (138 m2), and most of them were located in the suburbs or small municipalities.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The medium-size suitcase was easy to carry through the airport.

Synonyms

medium
vsmedium-size
162 1.3

Of average size, not too big or too small

is narrower and focuses only on physical size not other degrees
medium-sized
vsmedium-size
31 2.4

Of a size between small and large

is the same meaning but uses a hyphenated adjective form
midsize
vsmedium-size
  • US
8 3.2

Medium in size between small and large

is the same meaning but is written as a single compound word
midsized
vsmedium-size
  • US
3 3.4

Medium in size and not large or small

is the same meaning but formed with an adjective suffix
moderate-size
vsmedium-size
1 3.2

Larger than small but smaller than large

is the same meaning but appears in a hyphenated form
moderate-sized
vsmedium-size
1 4.1

A person or thing that is between large and small in size

is the same meaning but differs as an adjective form
midscale
vsmedium-size
4.2

Of medium price and quality between budget and luxury

is the general size term not limited to business use

Antonyms

large
∞ 1.0

Bigger than average in size, number, or amount

small
2 1.1

A clothing size for people who are not large

How Big

large
∞ 1.0
medium-size
3 2.3
small
2 1.1

Surface Forms

medium-size positive

Morphology

medium-size = medium + size (transparent) = medium + size

A direct and literal combination of 'medium' + 'size' indicating intermediate size; meaning is predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Medium-size comes from medium ('middle') and size ('how big something is'). So it means something 'in the middle' between large and small.