Meditatist to Megacephalous
Meditatist
(Med"i*ta`tist), n. One who is given to meditation.
Meditative
(Med"i*ta*tive) a. [L. meditativus: cf. F. méditatif.] Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as,
a meditative man; a meditative mood. — Med"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. — Med"i*ta*tive*ness, n.
Mediterranean
(Med`i*ter*ra"ne*an) a. [L. mediterraneus; medius middle + terra land. See Mid, and
Terrace.]
1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.
2. Inland; remote from the ocean. [Obs.]
Cities, as well mediterranean as maritime.
Holland. 3. Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage.
Mediterraneous
(Med`i*ter*ra"ne*ous) a. Inland. Sir T. Browne.
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.
The just medium . . . lies between pride and abjection.
L'Estrange. (b) (Math.) See Mean. (c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes
are brought into connection.
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.
Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
Bacon.
I must bring together
All these extremes; and must remove all mediums.
Denham. 3. An average. [R.]
A medium of six years of war, and six years of peace.
Burke. 4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper.
5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.
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.
Medium
(Me"di*um), a. Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of
medium size; a decoction of medium strength.
Medium-sized
(Me"di*um-sized`) a. Having a medium size; as, a medium-sized man.
