Medium

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Medium may refer to:

Communication

• Data storage device, any physical material that records or holds recorded information
  • Art medium, materials and techniques used by artists to produce art works
• Transmission medium, in physics and telecommunications, any material substance which can propagate waves or energy
  • Medium (optics), material through which electromagnetic waves propagate

Economics

• Medium of exchange, any monetary instrument used to pay for goods and/or services

Education

• Medium of instruction, any language or other tools used to educate, train, or instruct

Measurement

• A point or degree near the middle of a spectrum or range. For example: The medium degree of doneness in cooking meat; see: temperature (meat)

Natural Science

In general, a medium is a material that is either itself undergoing a process that is being studied or used (e.g. transmission medium), or enabling another process of interest (e.g. growth medium). Specific examples include the following:

• Processing medium, in industrial engineering, a material that plays a role in manufacturing processes
• Excitable medium, a nonlinear dynamic system which has the capacity to propagate a wave
• Growth medium, in biotechnology, an object in which microorganisms or cells in experience growth
• Interplanetary medium, in astronomy, material which fills the solar system
• Interstellar medium, in astronomy, the matter and energy content that exists between the stars within a galaxy

Parapsychology

• Mediumship, a practice in which a person acts as an intermediary between the physical world and what is believed to be a spiritual world.

Titles

Dramatic works

• The Medium, an opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti
• Medium (TV series), a television series about a research medium for a district attorney's office

Print

• The Medium, an entertainment weekly at Rutgers University

Companies

• Medium Productions, a record label

See also

• Media (disambiguation)

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