"social medium" meaning in English

See social medium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: social media [plural], social mediums [plural, rare]
Head templates: {{en-noun|social media|+|pl2qual=rare}} social medium (plural social media or (rare) social mediums)
  1. (Internet, uncommon) An application or website allowing users to share content and communicate with one another via the Internet; an individual social media site. Tags: Internet, uncommon Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: social media [informal]
    Sense id: en-social_medium-en-noun--AjU4CXw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see social, medium; any medium or environment facilitating social communication.
    Sense id: en-social_medium-en-noun-MYJPa6yo

Inflected forms

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