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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)
  • 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

immunology

Entertainment

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 (website), a blog-publishing platform

See also