media

Meaning

1. (feminine) half (one of two equal parts of any whole)
2. (feminine,historical) Synonym of cuarto, half-fanega (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L)
3. (feminine) stocking (long thin leggings worn by women)
4. (feminine,plural-normally) pantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist)
5. (Philippines,feminine) sock (short unisex cloth covering for feet)
6. (feminine) mean, average (the arithmetic middle in a set of values)
7. (feminine) midline (the medial line of the human body)
8. (feminine,usually) half past (especially as an indication that it is exactly 30 minutes after the hour)

Concepts

stocking

mean

average

sock

half

arithmetic mean

low

norm

mean value

expectation

expected value

first moment

knee high

knee sock

socks

stockings

Frequency

Hyphenated as

me‧dia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmedja/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin media.

New

medio

1. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole)
2. half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole)
3. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives)
4. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values)
5. average (of or related to a representative example of a group)
6. tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime)
7. mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed)
8. middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive)
9. (Chile,emphatic,intensifier,ironic,slang) impressive (extremely large or good)

New

mediar

to mediate
to center, to give a central, medium or average value

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Sentences

Algunos soldados llegaron tan cerca como a

media milla de la zona cero
0

.

Some soldiers came as close as half a mile from ground zero.

La velocidad de las tropas es media a

lenta debido a sus formaciones .

The speed of the troops is medium to slow due to their formations.

Estas nuevas viviendas fueron el hogar
🏠

para clases modestas y

de clase media .

These new homes were home to the modest and middle class.

El autor otorgó al álbum una calificación de tres
3

estrellas y

media .

The author gave the album a rating of three and a half stars.

Floreció durante la dinastía media y

tardía de Koryo.

It flourished during the middle and late Koryo dynasty.

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