/ˈmiː.di.ə/, /ˈmɛ.di.ə/, /ˈmi.di.ə/
OriginLearned borrowing from Latin media, the feminine nominative of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). In the sense of a unit of dry measure, via Spanish media. Doublet of medium, medio, and mediate.
- The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
- datedA voiced stop consonant.
- One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.
- An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
- historicalSynonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L
- form-of, pluralplural of medium (only in certain senses)
- form-of, nonstandard, plural, rareplural of medium (“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”)
“There is, again, “the writing medium,” the man or woman influenced seeming to lose control of the right arm, when the pen or pencil is taken;[…]. There is, finally, “the speaking medium,” the person i”
“[A]n alphabetic and telegraphic correspondence was established between members of the Fox family and the mysterious invisible agent. Two daughters of Mr. Fox appear to have been the principal media in”
“At a private circle, one evening in the early part of last week, whereof the two media of whom I spoke in my last formed a part, we were directed, through the raps, to place a guitar under the table. ”
- countable, uncountableThe means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
“As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media and, second, web-based media, traditional print-based media has declined in popularity.”
- countable, uncountableThe totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published.
“Fighter pilots are depicted as cool in popular media like Top Gun.”
“[…] yet they are all wildly popular pieces of media, viewed by millions of Christians and non-Christians alike. Why? Because they are first and foremost masterful movies and TV shows. Their creators m”
- countable, uncountable, usuallyThe journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
“Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.”
- countable, uncountableFiles and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
- abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparableClipping of multimedia.
“I have media files stored on an external hard drive.”
“Adjust media sound in multiple apps”
- historicalA geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes.
- historicalA possible ancient kingdom ruled by the Medes from approximately 700 to 550 BCE, whose extent and sometimes even existence is debated.
- A township and village therein, in Henderson County, Illinois.
- A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas.
- A borough, the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Formsmedias(plural) · mediae(plural) · media(plural)