English Dictionary

medium

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmiː.di.əm/

名詞

通常

The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent. / The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.

日本語の意味

媒質：信号、波、力などが伝播する際に通過する物質や空間。 / 媒介物：周囲の環境を構成する物質（固体、液体、気体、真空、または特定の物質）が示す意味。

When measuring diffusion, you must account for the viscosity of the medium.

拡散を測定する際には、媒質の粘度を考慮しなければならない。

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

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

Whether any other Liquours, being made Mediums, cause a Diuersity of Sound from Water, it may be tried:

意味（3）

A format for communicating or presenting information.

...at 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.

意味（4）

(microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.

In some instances one can take advantage of differential carbohydrate fermentation capabilities of microorganisms by incorporating one or more carbohydrates in the medium along with a suitable pH indicator. Such media are called differential media (e.g., eosin methylene blue or MacConkey agar) and are commonly used to isolate enteric bacilli.

意味（5）

(biology, horticulture etc.) A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.

The density of the living medium of fishes exerts upon them a mechanical influence; they are, so to say, balanced in water, free to proceed in all planes of direction...

意味（6）

A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.

His loyalty to the English was doubtful and wavering, and his opposition to Post's journey was probably due to fears that his own importance as a medium between the Ohio Indians and the English would be diminished by the former's success.

意味（7）

(engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.

media （ plural ）

mediums （ plural ）