"cool medium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cool media [plural]
Etymology: See hot medium. Head templates: {{en-noun|cool media}} 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.

Inflected forms

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