media

1. (rare, nonstandard) plural of medium (“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”)Examples: "There is, again, “the writing medium,” the man or woman influenced seeming to lose control of the right arm, when the pen or pencil is taken;[…]. There is, finally, “the speaking medium,” the person influenced being lost in a swoon or trance, and then uttering strange and unaccountable sentiments and expressions. Moreover, it is now asserted as the teaching of these media, that the scenes of the Salem witchcraft, so called, were the attempts of the spirits in another world to make their presence known, and to convey communications to the living. […] Media, Persons of Nervous Organism. […] We should not disparage at all, we wish not to do so, the character of those who are generally the media. We allude not to the fact that they are generally young, and inexperienced, and females."; "[A]n alphabetic and telegraphic correspondence was established between members of the Fox family and the mysterious invisible agent. Two daughters of Mr. Fox appear to have been the principal media in the communications thus far; […] [I]t was calculated that in September, 1853, there were thirty thousand media in the United States. […] Many of the earlier media or vehicles of these communications, persons whose peculiar nervous and electric temperament was thought to favour intercourse with, departed spirits, asserted, and their friends confirmed the fact, that these invisible powers, by certain distinct knockings, corresponding to the place of the letters in the alphabet, were able to convey messages. […] [T]hese rappings assumed protean forms. They would occur […] when the feet of the media were isolated on glass stools,[…]. Media with no taste for music, when impressed, would play well on the piano; […]"; "At a private circle, one evening in the early part of last week, whereof the two media of whom I spoke in my last formed a part, we were directed, through the raps, to place a guitar under the table. […] At a subsequent meeting of the same persons, held at the house of Mr. B., the father of Miss B., the medium, these musical performances were all repeated, with the addition of some extra performances with a small hand-bell, which the Spirit called for."form-ofnonstandardpluralrare

1. (often treated as uncountable) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.Examples: "As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media and, second, web-based media, traditional print-based media has declined in popularity."countableuncountable

2. (often treated as uncountable) The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published.Examples: "Fighter pilots are depicted as cool in popular media like Top Gun."; "[…] yet they are all wildly popular pieces of media, viewed by millions of Christians and non-Christians alike. Why? Because they are first and foremost masterful movies and TV shows. Their creators made something worth seeing and sharing."countableuncountable

3. (usually with a definite article; often treated as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.Examples: "Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions."countableuncountableusually

4. (computing) Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.countableuncountable

1. (computing) Clipping of multimedia.Examples: "I have media files stored on an external hard drive."; "Adjust media sound in multiple apps"abbreviationalt-ofclippingnot-comparable

1. (historical) A geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes.historical

2. (historical) A possible ancient kingdom ruled by the Medes from approximately 700 to 550 BCE, whose extent and sometimes even existence is debated.historical