ETYM Latin medialis, from medius middle: cf. French médial. Related to Middle.
Dividing an animal into right and left halves; SYN. median.
ETYM Latin medianus, from medius middle. Related to Medial.
1. Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle; SYN. medial.
2. (Statistics) Relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set); SYN. average.
Of or relating to the middle part of a range of possible values.
(Of meat) Cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside.
ETYM Old Eng. middel, as. middel; akin to Dutch middel, Old High Germ. muttil, German mittel. Related to Mid.
1. Between an earlier and a later period of time.
2. (Linguistics) Of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages.
ETYM agentia, from Latin agens, agentis: cf. French agence. Related to Agent.
1. A business that serves other businesses.
2. An administrative unit of government; SYN. government agency, bureau, office, authority.
3. The state of being in action or exerting power.
4. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
5. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved
1. A process or method.
2. Considerable capital (wealth or income); SYN. substance.
3. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved; SYN. agency, way.
The inputs required in order to do the work (such as personnel, equipment and materials).
A substance in which signals can be transmitted, such as a wire or fiber-optic cable. See media. In the arts, the physical means used to convey information or create a work of art, or the category of work resulting from these means—for instance, oil on canvas, the written word, television, and computer graphics. In painting, a medium is the liquid forming a suspension of the pigment.