see|média
English

Pronunciation
m�'di�, /�mi�di�/, /<tt>"mi:di@</tt>/
:Rhymes:English:-i�di�|Rhymes: -i�di�

Noun
media (plural: mediae)

1. anatomy the middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue. (tunica media, between the tunica interna and tunica externa).

Usage notes
Not to be confused with medium.

Noun
media (plural of medium)

1. Formats for presenting information.

#: Collage is a form of mixed-media|mixed-media artwork.

1. italbrac|with a definite article The journalists and other professionals who compose the mass communication industry.

Usage notes
When referring to the media, as in the mass media, i.e., the mass-communication industry comprising journalism and entertainment, media is usually held to be a singular noun (because it is not the plural of medium. It is a term derived from the concept of an industry communicating through different media, e.g., newspapers, television, films, magazines). In all other cases, it is the plural of medium, whether one is referring to artistic media, storage media (e.g., blank media, such as CDs), media players, etc.

Derived terms
mediagenic pos_a
multimedia
mass media
mainstream media
media whore

Translations
trans-top|Formats for presenting information
Hungarian: média
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|The journalists and other professionals who compose the mass communication industry
Finnish: tiedotusvälineet, viestimet
Persian: FAchar|رسا�� (resâne', rasâne')
Portuguese: mídia f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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Esperanto

Etymology
medio|medi- + -a#Esperanto|-a

Adjective
eo-adj

1. environmental

Italian

Adjective
media s

1. feminine of|medio#Adjective|medio

Noun
it-noun|medi|f|a|e

1. average, mean

Noun
media m inv

1. media#English|media

Synonyms
mass media#Italian|mass media

Verb
media

1. third-person singular present tense of mediare
2. second-person singular imperative of mediare

Related terms
in media
mediale
mediano

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Spanish

Noun
media f

1. sock, stocking
2. mathematics|lang=es mean, average
3. half an hour: son las cinco y media = it�s 5:30.

Adjective
media f, medio m

1. half: media hora = half an hour.
2. middle, mid, in the middle of
3. average, mean

Verb form
media

1. is halfway, is in the middle, comes between, is intervening, elapses (2nd- and 3rd-person singular present tense of mediar)

Category:Spanish nouns

de:media
el:media
es:media
fa:media
fr:media
io:media
id:media
it:media
sw:media
lt:media
hu:media
ja:media
ru:media
simple:media
ta:media
tt:media
vi:media
tr:media
zh:media

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