metier
medium | an occupation for which you are especially well suited, in law he found his true metier |
| half-length | a portrait showing the body from only the waist up |
| length | a section of something that is long and narrow, a length of timber, a length of tubing |
duration
length | continuance in time, the ceremony was of short duration, he complained about the length of time required |
longevity
length of service | duration of service, her longevity as a star, had unusual longevity in the company |
medium frequency
MF | to kilohertz |
focal distance
focal length | the distance from a lens to its focus |
| length | the linear extent in space from one end to the other, the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place, the length of the table was feet |
| distance length | size of the gap between two places, the distance from New York to Chicago, he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points |
| arm's length | a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy |
| length | the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end, the editor limited the length of my article to words |
| medium | an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication |
| medium | a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
| medium mass medium | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public |
storage medium
data-storage medium | a medium for storing information |
magnetic storage medium
magnetic medium
magnetic storage | any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information, the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage |
broadcast medium
broadcasting | a medium that disseminates via telecommunications |
| medium | the surrounding environment, fish require an aqueous medium |
| interplanetary medium | interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust |
| interstellar medium | interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars |
medium
spiritualist
sensitive | someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead, he consulted several mediums |
| medium wave | a radio wave with a wavelength between and meters (a frequency between kilohertz and kilohertz) |
Canterbury bell cup and saucer
Campanula medium | European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers |
medium of exchange
monetary system | anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region |
cable
cable length
cable's length | a nautical unit of depth |
| body length | the length of your body |
| medium | a state that is intermediate between extremes, a middle position, a happy medium |
dispersing phase
dispersion medium
dispersing medium | (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed |
| medium | an intervening substance through which something is achieved, the dissolving medium is called a solvent |
culture medium
medium | (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms |
| medium | (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed |
contrast medium
contrast material | a substance that is opaque to xays, when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills |
| medium | a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter |
| medium steel | steel with .-.% carbon |
| half-length | abridged to half its original length |
full-length
uncut | complete, the full-length play |
| full-length | representing or accommodating the entire length, a full-length portrait |
| waist-length | (of clothing) extending only to the waist |
| medium | (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside |
| medium-large | of anything that is large but not the largest |
average
intermediate
medium | around the middle of a scale of evaluation, an orange of average size, intermediate capacity, medium bombers |
medium-sized
medium-size
moderate-sized
moderate-size | intermediate in size |
| medium-dry | of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry |
| half-length | representing only the upper half of the body, a half-length portrait |
hiplength
hip-length | extending to or just over the hips, a hiplength jacket |
| knee-length | extending to the knee |
lengthily
at length | in a lengthy or prolix manner, the argument went on lengthily, she talked at length about the problem |
| at arm's length | at some distance, keep someone at arm's length |