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me⋅di⋅a

1  [mee-dee-uh]
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–noun
1. a pl. of medium.
2. (usually used with a plural verb) the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely: The media are covering the speech tonight.
–adjective
3. pertaining to or concerned with such means: a job in media research.
Usage note:
Media, like data, is the plural form of a word borrowed directly from Latin. The singular, medium, early developed the meaning “an intervening agency, means, or instrument” and was first applied to newspapers two centuries ago. In the 1920s media began to appear as a singular collective noun, sometimes with the plural medias. This singular use is now common in the fields of mass communication and advertising, but it is not frequently found outside them: The media is (or are) not antibusiness.
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me⋅di⋅a

2  [mee-dee-uh]
–noun, plural -di⋅ae  [-dee-ee] .
1. Greek Grammar. a voiced plosive, as β, δ, γ.
2. Anatomy. the middle layer of an artery or lymphatic vessel.
3. Entomology. a longitudinal vein in the middle portion of the wing of an insect.
Origin:
1835–45; < LL (grammar sense only), n. use of fem. sing. of L medius central, mid 1
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media 
"newspapers, radio, TV, etc." 1927, perhaps abstracted from mass media (1923, a technical term in advertising), pl. of medium, on notion of "intermediate agency," a sense first found 1605.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: media
—see AERO-OTITIS MEDIA COLICA MEDIA, OTITIS MEDIA, SCALAMEDIA, SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

media 2
n.
The tunica media.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Science Dictionary
medium   (mē'dē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural media

  1. A substance, such as agar, in which bacteria or other microorganisms are grown for scientific purposes.

  2. A substance that makes possible the transfer of energy from one location to another, especially through waves. For example, matter of sufficient density can be a medium for sound waves, which transfer mechanical energy. See more at wave.


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