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cool medium

cool medium noun: any medium that is relatively poor in sensory data (e.g. a book as opposed to a film) and thus requires significant involvement by the viewer, reader, etc. in order to be consumed.

Noun

cool medium (plural cool media)

  1. Any medium that is relatively poor in sensory data (e.g. a book as opposed to a film) and thus requires significant involvement by the viewer, reader, etc. in order to be consumed.
    Antonyms:
    hot medium

Antonyms of cool medium

Forms of cool medium

pluralcool media

Origin of cool medium

See hot medium.

Questions about cool medium

What does cool medium mean?
Cool medium means any medium that is relatively poor in sensory data (e.g. a book as opposed to a film) and thus requires significant involvement by the viewer, reader, etc. in order to be consumed.
What part of speech is cool medium?
Cool medium is a noun.
What is the plural of cool medium?
The plural of cool medium is cool media.

Words near cool medium in the dictionary

  1. cool jazz
  2. cool kid
  3. cool kids
  4. cool kids' table
  5. cool media
  6. cool medium
  7. cool off
  8. cool one's heels
  9. cool one's jets
  10. cool out
  11. cool pop

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