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Medium

medium

noun MAY-di-um Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'medium'

Usage Note

Medium takes the Latin plural Medien, which is the everyday word for 'the media' (press, TV, internet). The singular is mostly technical — a storage Medium or a Medium in physics.

Examples

"Das Internet ist ein wichtiges Medium."

Natural Translation

The internet is an important medium.

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