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Adjective medium has 2 senses

average, intermediate, medium - around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers"
Antonym: immoderate (indirect, via moderate)
medium - (of meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
Antonym: raw (indirect, via cooked)

Noun medium has 11 senses

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