medium

Pronunciation

• enPR: mē'diəm
• IPA ^(key): /ˈmiːdiəm/
• SAMPA: /"mi:di@m/

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Adjective

Positive medium

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. A medium amount is an amount that is not small and not large, but in the middle.

   Would you like a small, medium or large drink?

Noun

Singular medium

Plural mediums or media

1. A medium is stuff that something moves through.

   Light can go through different media: air, water, glass.

   Sound waves slow down when they go through this kind of medium.

2. (countable) A medium is a person who hears ideas that come from people who are dead. (plural mediums)

   We all closed our eyes, and the medium said "I hear your father speaking."

   I don't believe those mediums can really hear anything.