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• midi
  midi

  noun

  a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
• Midi
  Midi

  noun

  the south of France.
• MIDI
  MIDI

  noun

  Musical Instrument Digital Interface: a standard means of sending digitally encoded information about music between electronic devices, as between synthesizers and computers.
• midi-
  midi-

  combining form

  of medium or middle size, length, etc

midi

¹ American  

[mid-ee] / ˈmɪd i /

noun

1. a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.

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adjective

1. of the length of a midiskirt.

Midi ² American  

[mee-dee] / miˈdi /

noun

1. the south of France.

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MIDI ³ American  

[mid-ee] / ˈmɪd i /

noun

1. Musical Instrument Digital Interface: a standard means of sending digitally encoded information about music between electronic devices, as between synthesizers and computers.

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midi ¹ British  

/ ˈmɪdɪ /

adjective

1. 1. (of a skirt, coat, etc) reaching to below the knee or midcalf

   2. ( as noun )

      she wore her new midi

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Midi ² British  

/ midi /

noun

1. the south of France

2. a canal in S France, extending from the River Garonne at Toulouse to the Mediterranean at Sète and providing a link between the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts: built between 1666 and 1681. Length: 181 km (150 miles)

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MIDI ³ British  

/ ˈmɪdɪ /

noun

1. (modifier) a generally accepted specification for the external control of electronic musical instruments

   a MIDI synthesizer

   a MIDI system

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midi- ⁴ British  

combining form

1. of medium or middle size, length, etc

   midibus

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Etymology

Origin of midi¹

Extracted from midiskirt

Origin of Midi²

< French: midday, south; Old French, equivalent to mi- middle, half (< Latin medius; see mid ¹) + di day (< Latin diem, accusative of diēs )

Example Sentences

You could play on a MIDI, but that doesn’t mean that the human player is going to be able to play that or understand how to play it because it still has to be written.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

For their work on MIDI, Mr. Smith and Kakehashi shared a technical Grammy Award in 2013.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2022

It builds tracks from prerecorded samples and spits out actual audio, not MIDI.

From The Verge • Aug. 31, 2018

This is a musical score in MIDI, PDF, MusicXML and Finale's MUS formats.

From You'll git dar in de mornin' by Burleigh, Harry T.

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