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medium

medium

28 4.6
A middle position between two extremes
  • noun
  • /ˈmiːdiəm/
translation icon : término medio
  • He tried to find a happy medium between saving money and enjoying life.
  • a happy medium

Obviously there's the lowest medium high.

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Examples

  • In performances honoring ancestors, exquisite cloth is the major medium for the masker's transformation.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Maybe we can find a happy medium?

  • So we're in the stage between a store of value and a medium exchange today.

  • I will strike a happy medium and tell it like it happened.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • You have representation in every aspect of industry: low, medium, and high value added.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The best way to think about it is in terms of short term, medium term, and long term plasticity.

  • So that's the sort of where we're headed in the medium term in the next couple of lectures.

  • However, there is such a thing as a happy medium, and those students who prefer a quieter space were left frustrated.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The best e-books make good use of the medium while still encouraging good literacy practices.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Furthermore, temporary staff obviously cannot contribute to the institution's medium- and long-term objectives.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

moderateness
vsmedium
1 6.8

A state of being not extreme in amount, behavior, or opinion

names an intermediate position rather than specific degrees in actions or amounts
middleness
vsmedium
5.5

To be in the middle and not at either extreme

focuses on being an intermediate position between two extremes

Antonyms

877 3.6

Very far away in place or in degree

Compounds

31 2.4

Of a size between small and large

6 3.9

A middle choice that pleases both sides

medium of exchange
  • Specialized
4 4.1

Something people accept to pay for goods and services

3 2.3

Of a size between small and large

A way to send information to many people by radio or television

culture medium
  • Specialized
1 4.1

Liquid or solid food that helps bacteria and fungi grow in a lab

1 3.8

A way to send information to many people, like TV or radio

interstellar medium
  • Specialized
1 7.7

The gas and dust that fill the space between stars in a galaxy

storage medium
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A device like a hard drive or CD that holds computer files

magnetic medium
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A thing that stores digital information by changing tiny areas on its surface, like a hard drive

1 4.0

A wine or drink that is not sweet and is only slightly dry

medium wave
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A radio band used for AM broadcasts with long waves that travel far at night

Campanula medium
  • Specialized
9.1

A garden plant that usually lives two years with bell-shaped blue, violet, or white flowers, also called Canterbury bell

cold medium
  • Archaic
8.8

A way of communicating that gives little detail and asks the audience to imagine the rest

contrast medium
  • Specialized
5.1

A liquid or dye used in medical scans to show parts inside the body, for example blood vessels

cool medium
  • Formal
8.1

A medium that gives little detail so people must fill in parts, like television or cartoons

data-storage medium
  • Specialized
4.1

A device or material that keeps information so you can use it later

dispersing medium
  • Specialized
8.6

A liquid or gas that holds tiny particles, like air with smoke and water with milk particles

dispersion medium
  • Specialized
7.8

A liquid or gas that has tiny particles spread through it

4.7

A device that stores information using tiny magnetic areas like a hard drive or tape

A size between medium and large, bigger than medium but smaller than large

medium frequency
  • Specialized
4.8

A radio band used by AM stations and ship radios

medium steel
  • Specialized
5.7

A type of steel that is not very soft or very hard used when strength and flexibility are needed

hot medium
  • Specialized
8.8

A way of sending detailed information that needs little effort from people who receive it, like radio or film

interplanetary medium
  • Specialized
8.8

Gas, dust, and particles that fill the space between the planets

How Central

core
468 3.2
center
  • US
679 1.0
medium
28 4.6
edge
1.0
periphery
27 6.5

Surface Forms

medium singular
mediums plural

Etymology

Medium comes from the Latin medius, meaning 'middle', the same root as median and mediate. So a medium in this sense is a middle or moderate position between two extremes.