The medium is what makes the picture, sculpture etc. Oil paint is the commonest medium in painting, but there are also acrylic, tempera, crayon, ink, watercolor, etc. A sculpture is often made of marble or bronze, which is the medium of the work. Modern art also uses other media as e.g. video.
medium |ˈmēdēəm|
noun ( pl. -dia |-dēə| or -diums )
1 an agency or means of doing something : using the latest technology as a medium for job creation | their primitive valuables acted as a medium of exchange.
• a means by which something is communicated or expressed : here the Welsh language is the medium of instruction.
2 the intervening substance through which impressions are conveyed to the senses or a force acts on objects at a distance : radio communication needs no physical medium between the two stations | the medium between the cylinders is a vacuum.
• the substance in which an organism lives or is cultured : grow bacteria in a nutrient-rich medium.
3 a particular form of storage for digitized information, such as magnetic tape or discs : moving or copying backed-up data through a hierarchy of different mediums.
4 a liquid (e.g., oil or water) with which pigments are mixed to make paint.
• the material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer : oil paint is the most popular medium for glazing.
5 ( pl. -diums) a person claiming to be in contact with the spirits of the dead and to communicate between the dead and the living.
6 the middle quality or state between two extremes; a reasonable balance : you have to strike a happy medium between looking like royalty and looking like a housewife.
adjective
about halfway between two extremes of size or another quality; average : John is six feet tall, of medium build | medium-length hair.
• (of cooked meat) halfway between rare and well-done : I wanted my burger to be medium.
DERIVATIVES
mediumism |-ˌmizəm| |ˈmidiəˈmɪzəm| noun (in sense 5).
mediumistic |ˌmēdēəˈmistik| |ˈmidiəˈmɪstɪk| adjective (in sense 5) .
mediumship |-ˌ sh ip| |ˈmidiəmˈʃɪp| noun (in sense 5) .
ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally denoting something intermediate in nature or degree): from Latin, literally 'middle,' neuter of medius.
A medium is a person who can talk to ghosts and spirits.
The word medium has more than one meaning. It can refer to a size between large and small, or the type of material with which a piece of artwork is made.
Medium is the material used by an artist to create the work. For example, a painter might use oil paints and canvas as their medium. Another artist might use ink on paper as their medium.
A substance thru which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another, as air is the common medium of sound.
Something such as an intermediate course of action, that occupies a position, or represents a condition midway between extremes
samooha=group madyama=medium
I think that mdf mean, Medium Density Fiber-Board
It can be (medium weight, medium bomber, a medium blue). The adjective means of an intermediate or average characteristic, not the smallest of the largest. Medium often means "medium-sized."
In welding, the separation at the joint root between the base metals. This will, in part, determine the type, style and amount of welding medium required.
Depends on the conext. Medium (like a pshycic) is a noun. Medium, as in small, medium large, is merely an adjective, a word that describes a noun. "Was he a big man? A small man? A medium man?"
samooha=group madyama=medium
photography is more than a medium..?
General Purpose Medium Power NPN Transistor
Medium Term Phillippine Development Plan #Frose
the ability of the medium to convey the meaning
Regarding this question ,"Was Jesus a medium?". When I look for the meaning of medium, it is says "middle place". So when that is applied to the "divine process". Jesus was between the "flesh and the spirit".
Reflection is a change of the angle of light without a change of medium. Refraction is a change of the angle of light with a change of medium.
Multimedia is plural, meaning more than one medium.
moderate surf/or currents and medium hazard.
I think that mdf mean, Medium Density Fiber-Board
Optical dense refers to the index of refraction. If one medium is optically denser than another, then its index of refraction is larger, meaning the speed of light in the optically denser medium is smaller.
Bellamy is a medium-popular surname meaning 'handsome friend'.