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media (m<emac/"d<icr/*<adot/), n. sing. & pl., 1. The latinic plural form of medium, sometim
| media | (m<emac/"d<icr/*<adot/), n. sing. & pl., 1. The latinic plural form of medium, sometimes used as a singular noun with the same meaning as medium; as, (Computers) place your installation media into the device which will read it; (Microbiology) the tuberculosis bacterium will only grow in a special media. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. The public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, collectively; the news media; as, the media were obsessed with Monica Lewinsky for months. [PJC] |
| media | , n.; pl. Medi (-<emac/). [NL., fr. L. medius middle.] 1. (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes |
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