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medium
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[ adjective ] around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures
Synonyms Examples "an orange of average size" "intermediate capacity" "a plane with intermediate range" "medium bombers" Used in print (Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)I am recommending additional acquisitions of the improved version of the B-52 ( the B-52_H with the new turbofan_engine ) and procurement of the B-58 supersonic medium bomber , together with the supporting refueling tankers in each case . These additional modern bombers will replace some of the older B-47 medium bombers ; one B-52 can do the work of several B-47 's which it will replace . (Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)The subjects for this study were randomly selected from stratified areas of the distribution , one-third as underachievers , one-third medium , and one-third over-achievers . It is interesting to note that medium compulsives in the unstructured schools made the lowest achievement scores ( although not significantly lower ) . (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)He was n't a big man ; rather on the medium side . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Television has yet to work_out a living_arrangement with jazz , which comes to the medium more as an uneasy guest than as a relaxed member of the family . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)On Earth elections continued and a very advanced poet published a limited_edition of verse consisting entirely of punctuation_marks and spaces ; Time_magazine reviewed it and suggested that the Federation_Assembly_Daily_Record should be translated into the medium . Related terms means film vehicle paper album data-storage_medium telecommunication print_media |
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[ noun ] (geography) the surrounding environment
Examples "fish require an aqueous medium" Used in print (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)In plasma generators as currently commercially available for industrial use or as high_temperature research tools often more than 50 % of the total energy input is being transferred to the cooling medium of the anode . (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)Wet cleaning involves an aqueous medium , a solid substrate , soil to be removed , and the detergent or surface-active material . Substances other_than detergent actives also tend to be strongly sorbed from aqueous media onto surfaces of other contiguous condensed phases . Thus , for aqueous media , we can think_of the idealized organic active as an oleophilic or hydrophobic surface-active_agent , and of an idealized builder as a oleophobic or hydrophilic surface-active_agent . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)If the fourth_dimension is a physical concept and not purely metaphysical , through what medium does it extend ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
Synonyms Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)Interestingly enough , the effect of the digitalis_glycosides is inhibited by a high concentration of potassium in the incubation medium and is enhanced by the absence of potassium ( Wolff , 1960 ) . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
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[ adjective ] (of meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
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[ noun ] someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
Synonyms Examples "he consulted several mediums" Related terms |
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[ noun ] transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
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[ noun ] a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
Examples "a happy medium" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work) an occupation for which you are especially well suited
Synonyms Examples "in law he found his true metier" Related terms |
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