intervening medium
1Medium — Me di*um, n.; pl. L. {Media}, {E}. {Mediums}. [L. medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See {Mid}, and cf. {Medius}.] 1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place… …
2Medium of exchange — Medium Me di*um, n.; pl. L. {Media}, {E}. {Mediums}. [L. medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See {Mid}, and cf. {Medius}.] 1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle… …
3medium — [mē′dē əm] n. pl. mediums or media [mē′dēə] [L, the middle, neut. of medius: see MID1] 1. a) something intermediate b) a middle state or degree; mean 2. an intervening thing through which a force acts or an e …
4medium — /mee dee euhm/, n., pl. media / dee euh/ for 1 9, 11, mediums for 1 11, 14, adj. n. 1. a middle state or condition; mean. 2. something intermediate in nature or degree. 3. an intervening substance, as air, through which a force acts or an effect… …
5medium — me•di•um [[t]ˈmi di əm[/t]] n. pl. di•a [[t] di ə[/t]], di•ums 1) a middle state or condition; mean 2) something intermediate in nature or degree 3) phs an intervening substance, as air, through which a force acts or an effect is produced 4) the… …
6medium — n. & adj. n. (pl. media or mediums) 1 the middle quality, degree, etc. between extremes (find a happy medium). 2 the means by which something is communicated (the medium of sound; the medium of television). 3 the intervening substance through… …
7medium — /ˈmidiəm / (say meedeeuhm) noun (plural media /ˈmidiə/ (say meedeeuh) or mediums) 1. a middle state or condition; a mean. 2. something intermediate in nature or degree. 3. Printing a size of printing paper, 18 × 23 inches, most commonly in use… …
8medium — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, actor, agency, agent, air brush, ambiance, ambience, ambient, amidships, ancilla, appliance, approach, arbitrator, arc, arc light, architect, art paper, atmosphere, atoms, autecology, author,… …
9medium deferens — The medium or means of descending; that is the intervening ancestor through whom property descends to the heir from a more remote ancestor; as where a grandson inherits from his grandfather, the grandson s father being dead, the dead father is… …
10intervening — Synonyms and related words: arbitrational, arbitrative, coming between, going between, intercessional, intercessory, intercurrent, interjacent, interlocutory, intermedial, intermediary, intermediate, intermediatory, intervenient, interventional,… …
