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Vinony

medium

noun

  1. storage and delivering agent of information or data
  2. person said to mediate communication between spirits of the dead and other human beings
L5552 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

  1. Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
  2. meat cooking grade; not rare and less than well done
L5553 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.di.əm/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare middle. Doublet of mid, medio, media, and meson.

  1. Arithmetically average.
  2. Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
  3. Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
  4. That is medium (the manufactured size).

adv

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare middle. Doublet of mid, medio, media, and meson.

  1. To a medium extent.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare middle. Doublet of mid, medio, media, and meson.

  1. One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a large but larger than a small.
  2. An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
  3. One who fits an item of that size.
  4. A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).