medium betydelse and definition

Betydelse av medium på svenska

• 0 being in the middle between an upper and lower amount, size, degree, or value:

  • a girl of medium height

  • a medium-sized book

• 1 (of meat) cooked so that it is no longer red in the middle:

  • Would you like your steak rare, medium, or well done?

• 2 a method or way of expressing something:

  • the broadcasting/print medium

  • They told the story through the medium of dance.

• 3 a person who says that they can receive messages from people who are dead

• 4 a substance that something grows in, lives in, or moves through:

  • Compost is an excellent growing medium.

• 5 being in the middle between an upper and lower amount, size, or degree; average:

  • He was a man of medium height.

  • The shirt is available in small, medium, and large sizes.

  • Would you like your steak rare, medium, or well-done?

• 6 a method or way of expressing something:

  • the broadcasting/print medium

  • The work of art was done in mixed media (= using different substances), and included wood shavings, pieces of metal, glue, and oil paint.

• 7 the material through which a wave or other force travels

• 8 a person who claims to receive messages from people who are dead

• 9 a method of communication or entertainment, for example television, radio, or the internet:

  • a medium of sth Interactive TV opens up the medium of television to the participation of individuals.

  • a medium for sth The internet is a growing medium for uncensored information and discussion.

  • Typically cinema is the chosen medium for visualizing the future.

  • advertising/communications/marketing medium Many businesses are finding Web video an attractive marketing medium.

  • digital/interactive/storage media The government has identified digital media as a key opportunity.

• 10 something that is used as a way of creating or expressing something else:

  • a medium for sth Products are the medium for communication between corporations and the market.

  • a medium of sth Body language is often consciously used as a medium of expressing thoughts and feelings.

  • through the medium of sth They advertise through the medium of direct mail.

• 11 a size of clothes that is between small and large:

  • Could I try on a medium, please?

• 12 used to describe something that is between small and large in size:

  • Production of existing small and medium cars will continue at the plant.