Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A skirt or coat of mid-calf length.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having a hemline at mid-calf length.
  • noun A coat or skirt having such a hemline.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the southern part of France
  • noun a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers
  • adjective used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for midiskirt, blend of mid and (min)iskirt.]

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word midi.

Examples

  • His midi is crazy-chic, austere, graceful and non-flashy.

    What I bought this week: witty tights Polly Vernon 2010

  • Google should have streamed Walter/Wendy Carlos '"The Shining" in midi format and dropped the background to black.

    Wes Craven Designs Google’s Halloween Logo | /Film 2008

  • He is often confused or inaccurate about the details of science fiction televisions shows and films he mentions – he seems unaware that the new Battlestar Galactica is neither a continuation nor a remake of the earlier series from the late 70s (p.168), and he calls the midi-chlorians from Star Wars “midi-chlorines” (p.184).

    Archive 2008-07-01 James F. McGrath 2008

  • He is often confused or inaccurate about the details of science fiction televisions shows and films he mentions – he seems unaware that the new Battlestar Galactica is neither a continuation nor a remake of the earlier series from the late 70s (p.168), and he calls the midi-chlorians from Star Wars “midi-chlorines” (p.184).

    Review of James A. Herrick, Scientific Mythologies James F. McGrath 2008

  • This case is really no different, as we've got an J-Pop that intro which has a breed of synth that really recalls midi-themes from the days of the SNES, followed by an outro that covers … Frank Sinatra?!

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • I'd like to have autohotkey copy the certain cells and paste them into another program I use, called midi-ox,

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

  • Adding controls to your oscillator patch, such as midi data inputs and a master gain

    AvaxHome RSS: Lacostes 2010

  • The length of lens covering is slightly shorter making it more ideal for those users with 'midi' zooms (eg a 70-300 type).

    ePHOTOzine News Feed 2008

  • Try to explain the significance of this remark to people outside the beltway and their eyes would glaze over like you were elaborating on the relationship between midi-chlorians and force sensitivity to a first date.

    Palin says nothing in particular about Egypt, still gets headlines Adam Serwer 2011

  • When I use midi performances I have to use all sorts of parameter controls just to get it even close to what a live group sounds like when they play, or just even a live soloist play.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Ben Abraham 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.