As nouns the difference between necromancer and medium
is that
necromancer is a person who practices necromancy while
medium is the nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
As an adjective medium is
arithmetically average.
As an adverb medium is
to a medium extent.
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necromancer English
Alternative forms
* necromant
* nigromancer
* necromance
* nigromant
Noun
( en noun)
A person who practices necromancy.
Related terms
* necromance
* necromantic
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medium Noun
( en-noun)
The nature of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
The material or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
* Francis Bacon
- Whether any other liquors, being made mediums , cause a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried.
* Denham
- I must bring together / All these extremes; and must remove all mediums .
(senseid) A format for communicating or presenting information.
The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
A nutrient solution for the growth of cells ''in vitro .
* 1996 , Samuel Baron (editor), Medical Microbiology :
- In some instances one can take advantage of differential carbohydrate fermentation capabilities of microorganisms by incorporating one or more carbohydrates in the medium' along with a suitable pH indicator. Such '''media''' are called differential ' media (e.g., eosin methylene blue or MacConkey agar) and are commonly used to isolate enteric bacilli.
The means or channel by which an aim is achieved.
A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
A tool used for painting or drawing.
- Acrylics, oils, charcoal and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting.
Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.
A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).
A middle place or degree.
- a happy medium
* L'Estrange
- The just medium lies between pride and abjection.
(dated) An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.
* Burke
- a medium of six years of war, and six years of peace
(logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
Derived terms
* (sense) differential medium
Adjective
(-)
(obsolete) Arithmetically average.
Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
Synonyms
* See also
Related terms
* mean
* mediate
* mediation
* mediator
* median
* mediocre
* mediocrity
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