MEDIA

pl. of Medium.

One of the sonant mutes b, d, g (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, p, t, k (p, t, k), and the aspiratæ (aspirates) f, th, x (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.

The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue. | A voiced stop consonant. | One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus. | An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony. | Synonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L

plural of medium (only in certain senses) | plural of medium (“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”)

A geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes. | A possible ancient kingdom ruled by the Medes from approximately 700 to 550 BCE, whose extent and sometimes even existence is debated. | A place in the United States: | A township and village therein, in Henderson County, Illinois. | A place in the United States: | A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas. | A place in the United States: | A borough, the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.