·noun ·see Mean.
II. Medium ·noun An Average.
III. Medium ·noun The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.
IV. Medium ·noun A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. ·see Paper.
V. Medium ·noun The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
VI. Medium ·adj Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.
VII. Medium ·noun That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.
VIII. Medium ·noun A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, ·etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted.