Dictionary Entry
medium
medium is a 6-letter English word with 21 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 21 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.
- 2noun
See Mean.
- 3noun
The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
An average.
- 6noun
A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper.
- 7noun
The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.
- 8adjective
Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.
- 9noun
an occupation for which you are especially well suited
"in law he found his true metier"
Synonyms
- 10noun
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
- 11noun
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- 12noun
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
- 13noun
the surrounding environment
"fish require an aqueous medium"
- 14noun
someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
"he consulted several mediums"
Synonyms
- 15noun
a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
"a happy medium"
- 16noun
an intervening substance through which something is achieved
"the dissolving medium is called a solvent"
- 17noun
(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
- 18noun
(biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
- 19noun
a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
- 20adjective
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
- 21adjective
around the middle of a scale of evaluation
"an orange of average size"
"intermediate capacity"
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