medium
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
Other meanings
The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
A format for communicating or presenting information.
Related words
- circumgalactic medium
- interplanetary medium
- interstellar medium
- intergalactic medium
- warm-hot intergalactic medium
- warm ionized medium
- contrast medium
- mass medium
- storage medium
- transmission medium
- cool medium
- hot medium
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "medium".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “medium” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.