Medium may refer to:

Science and technology

Aviation

Medium bomber A medium bomber is a military bomber aircraft designed to operate with medium-sized bombloads over medium range distances; the name serves to distinguish this type from larger heavy bombers and smaller light bombers. Mediums generally carrie ...

, a class of war plane * Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design

Communication

* Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data *

Medium of instruction A medium of instruction (plural: media of instruction, or mediums of instruction) is a language used in teaching. It may or may not be the official language of the country or territory. If the first language of students is different from the offic ...

, a language or other tool used to educate, train, or instruct

Wave physics

Transmission medium A transmission medium is a system or substance that can mediate the propagation of signals for the purposes of telecommunication. Signals are typically imposed on a wave of some kind suitable for the chosen medium. For example, data can modulat ...

, in physics and telecommunications, any material substance which can propagate waves or energy **

Active laser medium The active laser medium (also called gain medium or lasing medium) is the source of optical gain within a laser. The gain results from the stimulated emission of photons through electronic or molecular transitions to a lower energy state from a h ...

(also called gain medium or lasing medium), a quantum system that allows amplification of power (gain) of waves passing through (usually by stimulated emission) ** Optical medium, in physics, a material through with electromagnetic waves propagate *

Excitable medium An excitable medium is a nonlinear dynamical system which has the capacity to propagate a wave of some description, and which cannot support the passing of another wave until a certain amount of time has passed (known as the refractory time). A fo ...

, a non-linear dynamic system which has the capacity to propagate a wave

Other uses in science and technology

* Data storage medium, a storage container in computing * Growth medium (or culture medium), in biotechnology, an object in which microorganisms or cells experience growth *

Interplanetary medium The interplanetary medium (IPM) or interplanetary space consists of the mass and energy which fills the Solar System The Solar System Capitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding ...

, 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 *

Porous medium A porous medium or a porous material is a material containing pores (voids). The skeletal portion of the material is often called the "matrix" or "frame". The pores are typically filled with a fluid ( liquid or gas). The skeletal material is us ...

, 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

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''The Medium'' (1921 film), a German silent film * ''The Medium'' (1951 film), a film version of the opera directed by Menotti * ''The Medium'' (1960 film), an Australian television play * ''The Medium'' (1992 film), an English film from Singapore * ''The Medium'' (2021 film), a Thai film

Periodicals

* ''The Medium'' (Rutgers), an entertainment weekly at Rutgers University * ''The Medium'' (University of Toronto Mississauga), a student newspaper at the University of Toronto Mississauga

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* List of art media (plural: ''media''), materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work * ''Medium'' (TV series), an American television series starring Patricia Arquette about a medium (psychic intermediary) working as a consultant for a district attorney's office *

Medium (website) Medium is an American online publishing platform developed by Evan Williams and launched in August 2012. It is owned by A Medium Corporation. The platform is an example of social journalism, having a hybrid collection of amateur and professio ...

, a publishing platform *

Medium Productions Japan were an English new wave band formed in 1974 in Catford, South London by David Sylvian (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steve Jansen (drums) and Mick Karn (bass guitar), joined by Richard Barbieri (keyboards) and Rob Dean (lead guitar) the ...

, a record label * ''

The Medium ''The Medium'' is a short (one-hour-long) two-act dramatic opera with words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti. Commissioned by the Alice M. Ditson Fund at Columbia University, its first performance was there on 8 May 1946. The opera's first profes ...

'', a 1946 opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti *

Medium (band) Medium is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota composed of Bryan McDonald (guitar/vocals), Justin Mishler (bass), Erik McKnight (drums), and Daniel Lange (Keyboards). Between 1992 and 1998, Medium released two studio albums; ''Exten ...

, an American rock band * ''The Medium'' (video game), a 2021 psychological horror video game developed by Bloober Team.

People

* Medium, a practitioner of mediumship, the practice of purportedly mediating communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings *

Tau (rapper) Piotr Kowalczyk (Polish pronunciation: ) (born June 25, 1986), better known under his stage name Tau (), and formerly as Medium (), is a Polish rapper, vocalist, beatboxer and hip-hop producer. In 2008, he released his underground debut album '' ...

(born 1986), Polish rapper formerly known as "Medium"

Other uses

* Medium, a

doneness Doneness is a gauge of how thoroughly cooked a cut of meat is based on its color, juiciness, and internal temperature. The gradations are most often used in reference to beef (especially steaks and roasts) but are also applicable to other type ...

(gradation of cooked meat) * Medium pace bowling, another name for

fast bowling Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as ''fast'' bowlers, ''quicks'', or ''pacemen''. ...

in the sport of cricket