medium
n. countablen. a way of communicating information or a specific material used to create art. It can also mean the substance that something lives in or moves through, like soil for a plant.
n. a means or channel through which something is transmitted, expressed, or achieved. In scientific contexts, it refers to the intervening substance through which sensory impressions are conveyed or in which organisms live.
Video is a powerful medium for telling stories.
The artist chose charcoal as her primary medium because it allowed for deep, expressive shadows.
In microbiology, a nutrient-rich agar serves as the growth medium for cultivating specific bacterial colonies under controlled laboratory conditions.
Borrowed from Latin medium, neuter of medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos (“between”). Compare middle. Doublet of mid, medio, media, and meson.
The plural form is 'media' when referring to communication or artistic materials, but 'mediums' is often used for spiritualists.
The social medias are changing.Social media is changing.While 'media' is technically plural, 'social media' is usually treated as an uncountable mass noun in modern English.