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Medium may refer to:
[edit] General
- Recording medium, a physical material that holds recorded information
- Medium (spirituality), a person who claims to serve as a spiritual intermediary
- Medium of instruction, the language or other tools used to educate, train, or instruct
- Medium of exchange, a monetary instrument used to pay for goods and/or services
[edit] 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
- Transmission medium, in physics or communications, any material substance which can propagate waves or energy
- Medium (optics), material through which waves propagate
- 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
[edit] Cooking
- A degree of doneness in cooking meat; see temperature (meat)
[edit] 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
[edit] Print
- The Medium, an entertainment weekly at Rutgers University
[edit] See also
