Medium

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Medium may refer to:

Communication

• Media (communication), storage and/or transmission tools used to store and deliver information or data
• Transmission medium, in physics and telecommunications, any material substance which can propagate waves or energy
  • Optical medium, material through which electromagnetic waves propagate
• Medium of instruction, any language or other tools used to educate, train, or instruct

Natural science

• Excitable medium, a non-linear dynamic system which has the capacity to propagate a wave
• Active laser medium (also called gain medium or lasing medium), a quantum system that allows amplification of power (gain) of waves passing through (usually by stimulated emission)
• Growth medium (or culture medium), in biotechnology, an object in which microorganisms or cells 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
• Medium, a gradation of cooked meat
• Optical medium, in physics, a material through with electromagnetic waves propagate.
• Porous medium, in engineering and earth sciences, a material that allows fluid to pass through it, such as sand
• Processing medium, in industrial engineering, a material that plays a role in manufacturing processes

Entertainment

• Artistic medium, a material used by an artist or designer to create a work; see List of artistic media
• The Medium, an opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti
  • The Medium (1951 film), a film version of the opera directed by Menotti
• The Medium (1992 film), an English film from Singapore
• Medium (TV series), a television series about a medium (psychic intermediary) working as a consultant for a district attorney's office

Other

• Mediumship, the practice of certain people—known as mediums—to purportedly mediate communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings
• Medium Productions, a record label
• The Medium (Rutgers), an entertainment weekly at Rutgers University
• The Medium (UTM), a student newspaper at the University of Toronto Mississauga
• Medium (company), a Chattanooga, Tennessee, based graphic design, web design, and web development company
• Medium pace bowling, another name for fast bowling in the sport of cricket
• Medium (service), a blog publishing platform

See also

• Media, another disambiguation page
• All pages beginning with "medium"