Medium may refer to:

Aircraft

Medium bomber A medium bomber is a military bomber Fixed-wing aircraft, aircraft designed to operate with medium-sized Aerial bomb, bombloads over medium Range (aeronautics), range distances; the name serves to distinguish this type from larger heavy bombe ...

, a class of warplane * Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design

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 * ''

Medium Medium may refer to: Aircraft *Medium bomber, a class of warplane * Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Medium'' (1921 film), a German silent film * ''The Medium'' (1951 film), a film vers ...

'', a series of Indian comedy-drama films ** '' Hindi Medium'', 2017 film by Saket Chaudhary ** '' Angrezi Medium'' (''English Medium''), 2020 film by Homi Adajania

Publications

Medium (website) Medium is an American online publishing platform for written content such as articles and blogs, developed by Evan Williams and launched in August 2012. It is owned by A Medium Corporation. The platform is an example of social journalism, hav ...

, an online publishing platform

Student 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 Media, or mediums, are the core types of material (or related other tools) used by an artist, composer, designer, etc. to create a work of art. For example, a visual artist may broadly use the media of painting or sculpting, which themselves hav ...

(plural: ''media''), materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work *

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 * ''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 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 the following year by Richard Barbieri (keyboards) and Rob Dean ...

, 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, with Claramae Turner a ...

'', a 1946 opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti * ''The Medium'' (video game), a 2021 psychological horror video game developed by Bloober Team.

People

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

Science and technology

Astronomy

Interplanetary medium The interplanetary medium (IPM) or interplanetary space consists of the mass and energy which fills the Solar System, and through which all the larger Solar System bodies, such as planets, dwarf planet A dwarf planet is a small planetary ...

, material that fills the Solar System *

Interstellar medium The interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the outer space, space between the star systems in a galaxy. This matter includes gas in ionic, atomic, and molecular form, as well as cosmic dust, dust and cosmic rays. It f ...

, the matter and energy between a galaxy's stars

Communication

Media (communication) Means of communication or media are used by people to communicate and exchange information with each other as an information sender and a receiver. General information Many different materials are used in communication. Maps, for example, s ...

, 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 modula ...

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

Active laser medium The active laser medium (also called a 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 ...

(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 optics, an optical medium is material through which light and other electromagnetic waves propagate. It is a form of transmission medium. The permittivity and permeability of the medium define how electromagnetic waves propagate in it. Prop ...

, in physics, a material through which electromagnetic waves propagate *

Excitable medium Excitable may refer to: * a song on the 1987 Def Leppard album Hysteria * a hit song by the British band Amazulu * a cell that can respond to stimuli See also * Excitable medium (mathematics / system analysis) * Cell excitability (biology) ...

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

Other uses in science and technology

Data storage medium Data storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium. Handwriting, phonographic recording, magnetic tape, and optical discs are all examples of storage media. Biological molecules such as RNA and DNA are cons ...

, a storage container in computing *

Growth medium A growth medium or culture medium is a solid, liquid, or semi-solid designed to support the growth of a population of microorganisms or cells via the process of cell proliferation or small plants like the moss ''Physcomitrella patens''. Differe ...

(or culture medium), in biotechnology, an object in which microorganisms or cells experience growth *

Porous medium In materials science, 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 sk ...

, 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

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 types ...

(gradation of cooked meat) * Medium, a practitioner of

mediumship Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or ghost, spirits of the dead and living human beings. Practitioners are known as "mediums" or "spirit mediums". There are different types of mediumship or ...

, the practice of purportedly mediating communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings * Medium pace bowling, another name for

fast bowling Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is a type of bowling in cricket, in which the ball is delivered at high speed. The fastest bowlers bowl the ball at over . Practitioners of fast bowling are known as fast bowlers or quicks. Also ...

in the sport of cricket