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  1. noun Something, such as an intermediate course of action, that occupies a position or represents a condition midway between extremes.
  2. noun An intervening substance through which something else is transmitted or carried on.
  3. noun An agency by which something is accomplished, conveyed, or transferred: The train was the usual medium of transportation in those days.

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  1. Latin, from neuter of medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French médium = Spanish medio = Portuguese meio = Italian medio, n., a medium, middle course, from Latin medium, neuter of medius, middle, = Greek μέσος, middle: see middle.
 

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