geomedium

noun

Etymology

From geo- + medium.

  1. derived from *médʰyos
  2. derived from *meðjos
  3. borrowed from medium
  4. prefixed as geomedium — “geo + medium

Definitions

  1. A geological medium or substrate such as soil, sediment, or rocks.

    • In a geomedium, the solid particles act as insulators while soil moisture acts largely as the conductor of the electric current.
    • The fate processes and transport rates of each contaminant that is released at initial but time-variable concentration, Ca, into the surrounding geomedia are affected by the homogeneity, isotropy, and continuity of the geomedium.
    • The depth of penetration is significantly reduced in electrical conducting geomediums such as clay.
  2. A format that includes geographical information, such as that used by maps, geotagged…

    A format that includes geographical information, such as that used by maps, geotagged pictures, or travelogues.

    • These are actors for whom physical artefacts and even human bodies are 'mashable', contiguous and combinable with the aforementioned forms of geomedia.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for geomedium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA