The Definition of Medium as in “Because the Medium is the Message”

by Chris Abraham on 20/04/2006 · 0 comments

“An intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication” and “transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public” and “cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside”.

Definitions of medium on the Web:

a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium"

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

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

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

a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

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

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

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

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

average: 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"

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

metier: an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

A medium (plural media) is a carrier of something. Common things carried by media include information, art, or physical objects. A medium may provide transmission or storage of information or both.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_(bearer)

Free space is the most simple and elementary electromagnetic medium. A medium is the stuff that waves propagate through. The properties, permittivity and permeability, define how electromagnetic waves travel through a medium. Also, the medium has an ”intrinsic impedance: where is the permeability of the medium and is the permittivity of the medium.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_(optics)

Medium is a 2005 American drama television series about a woman (Patricia Arquette) who is a medium. The show was created by Glenn Gordon Caron.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_(TV_series)

In spirituality, a medium or spirit medium (plural mediums) is an individual who claims the ability to receive messages from spirits, ghosts, or other discorporate entities, or claims that he or she can channel such entities — that is, write or speak in the voice of these entities rather than in the medium’s own voice. …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_(information)

The porous material that performs the actual process of filtration. The plural of this word is “media”.
www.texacoxpresslube.com/carcare/glossary/m.html

(pl. media or mediums) 1. A particular material along with its accompanying technique; a specific type of artistic technique or means of expression determined by the use of particular materials. 2. In paint, the fluid in which pigment is suspended, allowing it to spread and adhere to the surface.
www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glossary.html

The material in which an orchid is container-grown, it may be organic such as fir bark or inorganic such as lava rock.
www.jimssupplies.com/orchidterms.htm

The material used to create a work of art.
www.brigantine.atlnet.org/GigapaletteGALLERY/websites/ARTiculationFinal/MainPages/J-NVocabulary.htm

Singular of Media.
www.micro2000uk.co.uk/hardware_glossary.htm

The component of paint in which the pigment is dispersed.
art.abbottpages.com/glossary.html

A mixture of nutrients needed for cell growth.
www.kurlama.com/glossary/m.html

The physical method or equipment used for transmission, from a tangible fiber optic or copper cable to a satellite link. Alternatively, a little old lady in a shawl used as a last resort to retrieve lost data.
www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/jton.htm

is the materials that an artist uses in creating a work and can be oil paint, acrylic, watercolor, pencil, or pastel to name a few of the popular mediums. What the work is “painted on” or “applied to” is also part of the medium. For example: oil paintings can be on canvas or prepared board. Watercolors are usually painted on paper of various thicknesses. Describing more then one art medium is referred to as media. …
myrlejohnson.tripod.com/id12.html

For medium and large projects the number of interim payments are designated. Interim payment is effected when the Company will have finished a certain part of project work, and the Customer satisfied with the testing results for these project work. Both the size of interim payments and the amount of work to do before the payment are determined at the stage of Project Analysis. …
www.idevelopernetwork.com/terms/payments.html

one of the standard jazz tempos, neither ‘up’ nor ‘ballad’.
www.humboldt1.com/~jazz/glossary.html

­ a substance through which sound travels
whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/kids/Problem_Board/problems/sound/glossary.html

Cattle have slightly large frames, and are slightly tall and long-bodied for their age.
www.cattlerange.com/glossary.html

A channel who specializes in communication with people who have died, as opposed to one who works with higher or more abstract sources.
www.summerjoy.com/Glossary.html

As the name implies, a wine that’s neither light-bodied nor heavy-bodied. Because of its middle-of-the-road status, this is rarely worth mentioning in a tasting note.
www.st-kathryn-cellars.com/glossary.htm

Any material on (or in) which experimental cultures are grown.
helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/lm.htm

(see table.)
www.hostafarm.com/glofhote.html

(pl: media) 1. In plant tissue culture, a term for the liquid or solidified formulation upon which plant cells, tissues or organs develop. See culture medium.
www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E16.htm

In microbiology: any liquid or solid preparation made specifically for the growth, storage, or transport of microorganisms or other types of cell. (Pl. media.)
ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_M.htm

Any physical material capable of holding data (eg, pages, film, magnetic tape, CD-ROM, etc.).
pds.jpl.nasa.gov/documents/dpw/appc.html

Terms used to categorize the different types of artillery by the type of guns they used. Horse artillery used light, fast-moving guns to move swiftly to reinforce critical situations; its speed of deployment meant it was often linked to the support of cavalry. Field artillery was the standard support for infantry, using guns and howitzers firing shells weighing (typically) 15-35 pounds. …
www.gutenberg-e.org/mas01/mas12.html

culture – a substance or solution for the culture of microorganisms. DEFINED MEDIUM — of a prescribed composition, used for determining the biochemical capabilities of the organism, eg, auxotrophs; COMPLETE MEDIUM — containing all nutrients required for growth; MINIMAL MEDIUM — the simplest chemically defined medium on which the wild type (prototroph) of a species will grow and which must be supplemented by one or more specific substances for the growth of auxotrophic mutants derived from …
www.mycolog.com/GLOSSARY.htm

A two letter alphabetic code used to indicate the form that an item takes (eg TB = Braille, CO = online (remote), TX = Print). [see Section 3.2.3]
sunsite.berkeley.edu/SICI/definitions.html

A person who acts as a spiritual itermediary between the living and the dead (more)
www.spiritual.com.au/dictionary/dict_m.html

The physical presentation of the advertisement. The categories created by the outdoor advertising industry to describe the presentation of an advertisement include: Billboard, Electric Spectacular (neon sign typical of those found in Times Square in New York City), Wall Paintings (advertisements painted on the sides of buildings), Bus Kiosks, Painted trucks (sides of trucks that have advertisements or information painted on their side), etc.
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/road/roadterms.htm

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