Natural Science
- Processing medium, in industrial engineering, a material that plays a role in manufacturing processes
- Excitable medium, a nonlinear dynamic system which has the capacity to propagate a wave
- Gain medium, a quantum system that allows amplification of power (gain) of waves passing through (usually by stimulated emission)
- Growth medium (or culture medium), in biotechnology, an object in which microorganisms or cells experience growth
- Interplanetary medium, in astronomy, material which fills the solar system
- Interstellar medium, in astronomy, the matter and energy content that exists between the stars within a galaxy
- Porous medium, in engineering and earth sciences, a material that allows fluid to pass through it, such as sand
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