In general, a medium is a material that is either itself undergoing a process that is being studied or used (e.g. transmission medium), or enabling another process of interest (e.g. growth medium). Specific examples include the following:
- Processing medium, in industrial engineering, a material that plays a role in manufacturing processes
- Excitable medium, a nonlinear dynamic system which has the capacity to propagate a wave
- gain medium, an quantum system that allows amplification of power (gain) of waves passing through (usually by stimulated emission)
- 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
Paranormal, Parapsychology and New Age
Titles/Names
Dramatic works
Print
- The Medium, an entertainment weekly at Rutgers University
Companies
- Medium Productions, a record label
- Medium, a social networking web application
- Medium, a content studio based in Los Angeles
Music
- "Medium", a song written and performed by Incubus on their album Fungus Amungus
See also
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