fair vs medium

fair

adj
  • Between the baselines. 

  • Favorable to a ship's course. 

  • Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. 

  • Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair. 

  • Just, equitable. 

  • Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines. 

  • Not a no ball. 

  • Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased. 

  • Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc. 

  • Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent. 

  • Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc. 

  • Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player. 

adv
  • clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably 

noun
  • A fair woman; a sweetheart. 

  • A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English). 

  • An event for public entertainment and trade, a market. 

  • A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. 

  • An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair. 

  • Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective). 

verb
  • To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness. 

  • To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface). 

  • To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members). 

  • To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance. 

medium

adj
  • Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc. 

  • That is medium (the manufactured size). 

  • Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre. 

adv
  • To a medium extent. 

noun
  • A format for communicating or presenting information. 

  • A middle place or degree. 

  • A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved. 

  • A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured. 

  • One who fits an item of that size. 

  • A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro. 

  • The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process. 

  • The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass. 

  • One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured. 

  • A means of expression, in the arts, such as a material (oil, pastel, clay, etc) or method or style (expressionism, jazz, etc). 

  • A liquid base which carries pigment in paint. 

  • The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection. 

  • An item labelled or denoted as being that size. 

  • The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent. 

  • Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world. 

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