Commentary: MEDIUM[+form][+format][+specific][+communication] [+role][+transmitter][+information]
Examples:
The library has transferred most of its collection to digital media such as DVDs.
Radio was the first great medium of mass communication. (radio as a form, not a specific content)
This computer book describes the structure of disk sectors on data-storage media.
She expressed her emotions through the medium of dance. (dance as a form, structure)
Those islanders use shells as an exchange medium. (common format)
The medium of television has changed the style and format of political campaigns. (TV as a form)
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 11
Commentary: MEDIUM[+location][+environment][+surrounding]
Examples:
Fish use their gills to extract oxygen from the medium of water.
Sound waves can travel through the medium of air or water.
The Michelson-Morley experiment proved that light does not travel through a medium of aether.
The interstellar medium between stars is composed of dust and gas.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3
Commentary: MEDIUM[+substance][+chemical][+nutrient/+preservative/+solvent/+paint_base] [+role][+processor][+chemical]
Examples:
Agar, an algae extract, is a useful medium to grow bacteria in Petri dishes.
This solvent is the medium which will dissolve the two chemicals into a solution.
Mary stirred green pigment into the white medium until she obtained a sage green color.
Formaldehyde is a common medium used in preserving organ specimens in jars.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 7, 5, 6
Commentary: MEDIUM[+state][+condition][+intermediate]
NOTE: implies a state, does not imply a quantity (see Sense 5)
Examples:
This book is about striking a happy medium between work and leisure.
No medium can be reached if both sides refuse to give an inch.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8
Commentary: MEDIUM[+quantity][+measurement][+average]
NOTE: implies an underlying quantity or measurement
Examples:
These slacks are a size medium. (functions as a modifier)
The test scores of these students are consistently above the medium. (higher than the average)
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8
Commentary: MEDIUM[+person][+psychic]
Examples:
She consulted a medium to try to speak to her dead husband.
The medium closed her eyes and began to speak in a strange voice.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9
Commentary: MEDIUM[+content][+disseminated][+broadly][+TV/+radio/+newspaper]
NOTE: often occurs in the plural, e.g. 'mass media'
NOTE: refers to the material or content that is broadcast, -not- the business itself (see Sense 8)
Examples:
These broadcast media have been censured because they contain classified information.
Mary fears that her children's tastes are shaped too much by the mass media.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10
Commentary: MEDIUM[+business][+communication][+radio/+television/+newspaper]
NOTE: always occurs in the plural
NOTE: refers to the business (and people) itself, not the content that is broadcast (see Sense 7)
Examples:
Only certain members of the Washington media were invited to that press conference.
Some feel the media have overreacted to this story.
The film star wore a wig on vacation to escape the attention of the media.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2b-1