medium
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
Types & categories
- instrumentation hypernym
- vehicle hyponym
- paper hyponym
- cinema hyponym
- print media hyponym
- storage medium hyponym
- telecommunication hyponym
- album hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
around the middle of a scale of evaluation
an orange of average size
Related & opposite
- moderate similar to
Sense 3 noun
the surrounding environment
fish require an aqueous medium
Types & categories
- environs hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
Related & opposite
- cooked similar to
Sense 5 noun
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
Types & categories
- communication hypernym
- aether hyponym
- airwave hyponym
Related & opposite
- ban has domain topic
Sense 6 noun
(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bacteriology domain topic
Sense 7 noun
a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
Types & categories
Sense 8 noun
(biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
Types & categories
- substance hypernym
- contrast medium hyponym
Related & opposite
- biology domain topic
Sense 9 noun
an intervening substance through which something is achieved
the dissolving medium is called a solvent
Types & categories
Sense 10 noun
a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
a happy medium
Types & categories
- state hypernym
Related & opposite
- medial derivation
Sense 11 noun
someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
he consulted several mediums
Types & categories
- psychic hypernym
Related & opposite
- spiritism derivation
- spiritualism derivation
Sense 12 noun
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
Types & categories
- transmission hypernym
- broadcast medium hyponym
Sense 13 noun
an occupation for which you are especially well suited
in law he found his true metier
Types & categories
- occupation hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | instrumentation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vehicle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cinema |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | print media |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | storage medium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | telecommunication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | album |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | moderate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | environs |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | cooked |
| 5 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | ban |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | communication |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | aether |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | airwave |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | bacteriology |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | food |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | agar |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | liquid |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | megilp |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | substance |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | contrast medium |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | substance |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | solvent |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | medial |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiritism |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiritualism |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | psychic |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | transmission |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | broadcast medium |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | occupation |