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medium: see spiritism spiritism or spiritualism, belief that the human personality continues to exist after death and can communicate with the living through the agency of a medium or psychic. ..... Click the link for more information. . mediumSee media. medium 1. (of a colour) reflecting or transmitting a moderate amount of light 2. a person supposedly used as a spiritual intermediary between the dead and the living 3. the substance in which specimens of animals and plants are preserved or displayed 4. the substance or surroundings in which an organism naturally lives or grows 5. Art a. the category of a work of art, as determined by its materials and methods of production b. the materials used in a work of art 6. any solvent in which pigments are mixed and thinned medium [′mē·dē·əm] (chemical engineering) The carrier in which a chemical reaction takes place. Material of controlled pore size used to remove foreign particles or liquid droplets from fluid carriers. (computer science) The material, or configuration thereof, on which data are recorded; usually not applied to disk, drum, or core, but to storable, removable media, such as paper tape, cards, and magnetic tape. (physics) That entity in which objects exist and phenomena take place; examples are free space and various fluids and solids. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"Bi-Doped Silica Fibers: A New Active Medium for Tunable Fiber
Lasers and Broadband Fiber Amplifiers")
The internet, on the other hand, is used both at home and
work, is an active medium, and is generally used alone for surfing for
information content," he adds. French claims that the internet
provides an active medium in which stockholders of small cap companies
can anonymously let directors know that their actions are being watched. |
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