Tra từ medium - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information (Freq. 5)
• Hypernyms:
instrumentality, instrumentation
• Hyponyms:
vehicle, paper, film, cinema, celluloid,
celluloid, storage medium, data-storage medium, telecommunication, telecom,
album, record album
2. the surrounding environment (Freq. 4)
- fish require an aqueous medium
• Hypernyms:
environment, environs, surroundings, surround
3. an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication (Freq. 2)
• Members of this Topic:
ban, censor
• Hypernyms:
communication, communicating
• Hyponyms:
ether, aether, air, airwave
4. (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
culture medium
• Topics:
bacteriology
• Hypernyms:
food, nutrient
• Hyponyms:
agar, nutrient agar
5. a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
• Hypernyms:
liquid
• Hyponyms:
megilp, magilp
6. (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
• Topics:
biology, biological science
• Hypernyms:
substance
• Hyponyms:
contrast medium, contrast material
7. an intervening substance through which something is achieved
- the dissolving medium is called a solvent
• Hypernyms:
substance
• Hyponyms:
solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent
8. a state that is intermediate between extremes;
a middle position
- a happy medium
• Derivationally related forms:
medial
• Hypernyms:
state
9. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- he consulted several mediums
• Syn:
spiritualist, sensitive
• Derivationally related forms:
spiritualism (for: spiritualist)
• Hypernyms:
psychic
10. (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
• Syn:
mass medium
• Hypernyms:
transmission
• Hyponyms:
broadcast medium, broadcasting
11. an occupation for which you are especially well suited
- in law he found his true metier
• Syn:
metier
• Hypernyms:
occupation, business, job, line of work, line

II - adjective

1. around the middle of a scale of evaluation (Freq. 5)
- an orange of average size
- intermediate capacity
- medium bombers
• Syn:
average, intermediate
• Similar to:
moderate
2. (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
• Similar to:
cooked