medium

1. medium (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

2. medium (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.

Example: VVhether any other Liquours, being made Mediums, cauſe a Diuerſity of Sound from Water, it may bee tried: […]

3. medium (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A format for communicating or presenting information.

Example: [A]t all events, she drank in with eager ear, and admiring mind, anecdote and history of all those excellent traits of disposition, and nobleness of conduct, which made him the idol of his describer, and gave her a knowledge of his temper and character, and the manner in which his boyhood and youth had passed, which she could never have gained by any other medium, and which it was unquestionably right she should know.

4. medium (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Arithmetically average.

5. medium (adj) — sense 5

Definition: Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.

6. medium (adj) — sense 6

Definition: Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.

7. medium (adv) — sense 7

Definition: To a medium extent.