media

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. {Media}, {E}. {Mediums}. [L.
   medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See {Mid}, and cf.
   {Medius}.]
   1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
      intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically:
      (a) Middle place or degree; mean.
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                The just medium . . . lies between pride and
                abjection.                        --L'Estrange.
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      (b) (Math.) See {Mean}.
      (c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that
          by which the extremes are brought into connection.
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   2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from
      one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of
      sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action
      occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through
      or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried
      on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc.,
      a person through whom the action of another being is said
      to be manifested and transmitted.
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            Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause
            a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
                                                  --Bacon.
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            I must bring together
            All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
                                                  --Denham.
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   3. An average. [R.]
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            A medium of six years of war, and six years of
            peace.                                --Burke.
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   4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain
      sizes. See {Paper}.
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   5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are
      ground and prepared for application.
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   6. (Microbiology) A source of nutrients in which a
      microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to
      produce substances, or observe its activity under defined
      conditions; also called {culture medium} or {growth
      medium}. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in
      water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or
      agar.
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   7. A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other
      messages from an information source to the public, also
      called a {news medium}, such as a newspaper or radio; used
      mostly in the plural form, i. e. {news media} or {media}.
      See 1st {media}[2].
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   {Circulating medium}, a current medium of exchange, whether
      coin, bank notes, or government notes.

   {Ethereal medium} (Physics), the ether.

   {Medium of exchange}, that which is used for effecting an
      exchange of commodities -- money or current
      representatives of money.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Media \Me"di*a\, n.; pl. {Mediae} (-[=e]). [NL., fr. L. medius
   middle.]
   1. (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes [beta], [delta],
      [gamma] (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in
      other languages, so named as intermediate between the
      tenues, [pi], [tau], [kappa] (p, t, k), and the aspiratae
      (aspirates) [phi], [theta], [chi] (ph or f, th, ch). Also
      called {middle mute}, or {medial}, and sometimes {soft
      mute}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

media \me"di*a\ (m[=e]"d[i^]*[.a]), n. sing. & pl.,
   1. The latinic plural form of {medium}, sometimes used as a
      singular noun with the same meaning as medium; as,
      (Computers) place your installation media into the device
      which will read it; (Microbiology) the tuberculosis
      bacterium will only grow in a special media.
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   2. The public institutions that report the news, such as
      newspapers, magazines, radio, and television,
      collectively; the news media; as, the media were obsessed
      with Monica Lewinsky for months.
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from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Media
Heb. Madai, which is rendered in the Authorized Version (1)
"Madai," Gen. 10:2; (2) "Medes," 2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; (3)
"Media," Esther 1:3; 10:2; Isa. 21:2; Dan. 8:20; (4) "Mede,"
only in Dan. 11:1.

  We first hear of this people in the Assyrian cuneiform
records, under the name of Amada, about B.C. 840. They appear to
have been a branch of the Aryans, who came from the east bank of
the Indus, and were probably the predominant race for a while in
the Mesopotamian valley. They consisted for three or four
centuries of a number of tribes, each ruled by its own chief,
who at length were brought under the Assyrian yoke (2 Kings
17:6). From this subjection they achieved deliverance, and
formed themselves into an empire under Cyaxares (B.C. 633). This
monarch entered into an alliance with the king of Babylon, and
invaded Assyria, capturing and destroying the city of Nineveh
(B.C. 625), thus putting an end to the Assyrian monarchy (Nah.
1:8; 2:5,6; 3:13, 14).

  Media now rose to a place of great power, vastly extending its
boundaries. But it did not long exist as an independent kingdom.
It rose with Cyaxares, its first king, and it passed away with
him; for during the reign of his son and successor Astyages, the
Persians waged war against the Medes and conquered them, the two
nations being united under one monarch, Cyrus the Persian (B.C.
558).

  The "cities of the Medes" are first mentioned in connection
with the deportation of the Israelites on the destruction of
Samaria (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11). Soon afterwards Isaiah (13:17;
21:2) speaks of the part taken by the Medes in the destruction
of Babylon (comp. Jer. 51:11, 28). Daniel gives an account of
the reign of Darius the Mede, who was made viceroy by Cyrus
(Dan. 6:1-28). The decree of Cyrus, Ezra informs us (6:2-5), was
found in "the palace that is in the province of the Medes,"
Achmetha or Ecbatana of the Greeks, which is the only Median
city mentioned in Scripture.

from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

Media, measure; habit; covering

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Media, IL (village, FIPS 48073)
  Location: 40.77266 N, 90.83396 W
  Population (1990): 146 (56 housing units)
  Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 61460
Media, PA (borough, FIPS 48480)
  Location: 39.91953 N, 75.38884 W
  Population (1990): 5957 (3023 housing units)
  Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Media, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    130
   Housing Units (2000): 59
   Land area (2000):     1.698385 sq. miles (4.398797 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.698385 sq. miles (4.398797 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            48073
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             40.773075 N, 90.834690 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     61460
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Media, IL
    Media

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Media, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
   Population (2000):    5533
   Housing Units (2000): 2966
   Land area (2000):     0.747800 sq. miles (1.936792 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.006163 sq. miles (0.015962 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.753963 sq. miles (1.952754 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            48480
   Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
   Location:             39.918761 N, 75.388127 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Media, PA
    Media