Midi

//ˈmɪdi// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a hemline at mid-calf length. not-comparable

    "midi skirt"

Adjective
  1. 1
    used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Musical Instrument Digital Interface. abbreviation, alt-of

    "MIDI channel number 10 is reserved for percussion."

  2. 2
    A cultural region referring to the south of France; approximately corresponding to the regions where Occitan is or was spoken.

    "Some thousands of French Huguenots settled in the South between 1670 and the end of the seventeenth century; but these immigrants included many French of the Midi, so that the newcomers tended to intensify characteristics already developing in the native population under climatic influences."

Noun
  1. 1
    A computerized music file in the MIDI format. informal

    "When you collect a group of MIDIs into an album, you can play them much like a CD, with repeat mode, random mode, and a programmed playlist."

  2. 2
    A coat, skirt, or boot having such a hemline.

    "Vogue recommends mixing midis – ie wearing the midi-boot with the midi-skirt – which is one option (very Marni), as is the current silhouette on the high street."

  3. 3
    a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers wordnet
  4. 4
    Synonym of Berliner (“newspaper format”).

Etymology

Borrowed from French Midi (literally “south”).

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