Medium

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Medium may refer to:

Communication

• Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data
• Medium of instruction, a language or other tool used to educate, train, or instruct

People

• Tau (rapper), a Polish rapper formerly known as "Medium"
• Medium, a practitioner of mediumship, the practice of purportedly mediating communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings

Arts, entertainment, and media

Science and technology

• Active laser medium (also called gain medium or lasing medium), a quantum system that allows amplification of power (gain) of waves passing through (usually by stimulated emission)
• Data storage medium, a storage container in computing
• Excitable medium, a non-linear dynamic system which has the capacity to propagate a wave
• Growth medium (or culture medium), in biotechnology, an object in which microorganisms or cells experience growth
• Interplanetary medium, 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
• Optical medium, in physics, a material through with electromagnetic waves propagate
• Porous medium, 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
• Transmission medium, in physics and telecommunications, any material substance which can propagate waves or energy

Aviation

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

Other uses

• Medium, a doneness (gradation of cooked meat)
• Medium pace bowling, another name for fast bowling in the sport of cricket

See also

• Channel (disambiguation)
• Conduit (disambiguation)
• Media (disambiguation)
• Median (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with medium