medium

/ˈmiːdiəm/

意味: 媒体、手段

例文: ALX chose a secure medium.
　　  ALXが安全な媒体を選んだ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: medium size(中くらいのサイズ), medium rare(ミディアムレア), medium pace(中速)

定義: 何かの中間の大きさや程度を指します。たとえば、服のサイズや料理の焼き加減などで使われます。また、情報やメッセージを伝える手段や方法を指すこともあります。

mediumは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
Noun: the surrounding environment
Noun: an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
Noun: (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
Noun: a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
Noun: (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
Noun: an intervening substance through which something is achieved
Noun: a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
Noun: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
Noun: (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
Noun: an occupation for which you are especially well suited
Adjective: around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Adjective: (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She prefers a medium roast coffee in the morning.(彼女は朝に中煎りのコーヒーを好む。)
The artist chose a medium canvas for the painting.(画家は中くらいのキャンバスを選んだ。)
This shirt size is medium and fits me well.(このシャツのサイズは中でちょうどいい。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: fish require an aqueous medium
Noun: the dissolving medium is called a solvent
Noun: a happy medium
Noun: he consulted several mediums
Noun: in law he found his true metier
Adjective: an orange of average size
Adjective: intermediate capacity
Adjective: medium bombers

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): average, culture medium, intermediate, mass medium, medium, metier, sensitive, spiritualist

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): communication, environment, food, instrumentality, liquid, occupation, psychic, state, substance, transmission

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accountancy, action, activator, alcohol, ambiance, ammonia water, antifreeze, appointment, atom, being, beverage, body substance, career, catering, ceramic, channel, channels, chemical element, chemistry, chyme, clairvoyant, cleavage, comestible, comfort food, commissariat, condition, conditionality, confectionery, conflict, connection, contact, container, conveyance, culture medium, damnation, dead letter, death, degree, dependence, device, discussion, disorder, dissemination, dissuasion, distillate, dramaturgy, dystopia, electronic communication, element, employment, end, enlargement, equipment, essence, examination, exhortation, expostulation, expression, fare, farming, feed, feeling, fiber optics, fluid, flux, foodstuff, freedom, furnishing, game, grace, ground state, grume, habitat, hardware, heterozygosity, homozygosity, hostility, illumination, immaturity, imminence, imperfection, implement, inaction, ink, integrity, intercommunication, interrogation, isomerism, kalemia, liquor, mail, material, maturity, means, medium, melting pot, merchantability, metier, micronutrient, miraculous food, mixture, modulation, motion, motionlessness, multimedia, nationhood, neotony, nonbeing, nutriment, obligation, office, omnipotence, omniscience, order, ornamentation, ownership, parts, paternity, perfection, persuasion, phlogiston, photography, plurality, polyvalence, position, profession, protoplasm, pyroligneous acid, readiness, receivership, relationship, representation, revocation, separation, setting, sheep dip, situation, skillfulness, snake oil, soul food, spirit rapper, sport, status, substrate, supernatant, system, temporary state, toiletry, trade, traffic, transmission, treadmill, tribalism, turgor, unemployment, union, uplink, utilization, utopia, volatile, water, weaponry, wild, yolk

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): agar, air, album, broadcast medium, contrast medium, ether, film, megilp, paper, print media, solvent, storage medium, telecommunication, vehicle

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: medial, spiritualism

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: