medium

Adjective

• (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside

• around the middle of a scale of evaluation
  • an orange of average size
    
  • intermediate capacity
    
  • medium bombers
    

Noun

• an occupation for which you are especially well suited
  • in law he found his true metier
    

• (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

• someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
  • he consulted several mediums
    

• a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
  • a happy medium
    

• an intervening substance through which something is achieved
  • the dissolving medium is called a solvent
    

• (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed

• a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

• (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

• an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication

• the surrounding environment
  • fish require an aqueous medium
    

• a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  average , intermediate , metier , mass medium , spiritualist , sensitive , culture medium