I. media
plural of medium
II. me·dia ˈmēdēə noun
( plural medi·ae -dēˌē)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feminine of medius, middle — more at mid
1.
a.
[so called from the fact that the voice of these stops was regarded by ancient Greek grammarians as making them rougher than the voiceless unaspirated stops but smoother than the voiceless aspirated stops]
: one of the voiced stops β, δ, γ in Greek — called also medial, soft mute
b. : a voiced unaspirated stop
c. : an unaspirated or lenis stop
2. : the middle coat of the wall of a blood or lymph vessel, consisting chiefly of circularly arranged muscle fibers
3. : the median vein of an insect's wing, typically having a convex anterior branch and a concave posterior branch
III. media noun
( -s )
1. : a medium of cultivation, conveyance, or expression ; especially : medium 3c
2.
a. singular or plural in construction : mass media
b. plural : members of the mass media