- medium
- smallLiterally, between little and big, but not in the grocery business or at the coffee shop.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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medium — medium … Deutsch Wörterbuch
Medium — may refer to: Contents 1 Communication 2 Natural science 3 Entertainment … Wikipedia
Medium — Médium Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom … Wikipédia en Français
Medium — Me di*um, n.; pl. L. {Media}, {E}. {Mediums}. [L. medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See {Mid}, and cf. {Medius}.] 1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
medium# — medium n *mean, instrument, instrumentality, agent, agency, organ, vehicle, channel medium adj Medium, middling, mediocre, second rate, moderate, average, fair, indifferent mean midway, or about midway, between the extremes of a scale or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Medium — Sn Vermittler, vermittelndes Element usw. per. Wortschatz fach. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. medium, einer Substantivierung von l. medius in der Mitte von, vermittelnd (usw.) . Ebenso nndl. medium, ne. medium, nfrz. médium, nschw.… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Medium — puede referirse a: Un médium o clavividente; Medium, serie de televisión de la cadena NBC; Campanula, género botánico; Medium, vino dulce generoso de licor. También en artes plásticas (especialmente en pintura) se suele llamar medium al elemento… … Wikipedia Español
medium — [adj] midway, average common, commonplace, fair, fairish, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, middle, middling, moderate, neutral, normal, ordinary, par, passable, popular, run of the mill*, so so*, standard, tolerable; concepts 533,547 … New thesaurus
Medium — Me di*um, a. Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
medium (1) — {{hw}}{{medium (1)}{{/hw}}s. m. e f. inv. Chi, in condizioni di trance, si suppone che agisca come intermediario fra gli spiriti e i partecipanti a una seduta spiritica | Sensitivo dotato di poteri paranormali e capace di provocare fenomeni di… … Enciclopedia di italiano
medium — / mɛdjum/ s.m. e f. [dal fr. médium, lat. medium mezzo , neutro sost. dell agg. medius medio , attrav. l ingl.]. (psicol.) [persona dotata di speciali facoltà, grazie alle quali sarebbe in grado di agire da intermediario tra il mondo terreno e… … Enciclopedia Italiana
