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Medal tables at the Universiade
Medal tables at the Universiade rank countries by gold, silver, and bronze medals won at each edition of the World University Games, held since 1959.
Medal.tv
Medal.tv is a gaming clip-capture and sharing platform founded by game developers including Pim de Witte, whose recorder saves the last moments of gameplay as shareable clips.
Medallion architecture
Medallion architecture, also called multi-hop architecture, is a data design pattern organizing lakehouse data into bronze (raw), silver (validated), and gold (enriched) layers; coined by Databricks in 2019 and now used across Databricks, Fabric, and Snowflake.
Medallion carpet
A medallion carpet is a knotted-pile carpet whose field centers on a medallion (Persian toranj), typically balanced by corner quarter-medallions; it reached its classic form in 16th-century Safavid Iran.
Medallion Fund
The Medallion Fund is a quantitative hedge fund managed by Renaissance Technologies, launched in 1988, averaging about 66% gross annual returns and open only to Renaissance employees since 1993.
Medals of Indian Police and Civil Forces
Medals of Indian Police and Civil Forces: MHA-administered decorations (PMG, GM, PSM, MSM, Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak, Parakram Padak) for police, fire, home guards, civil defence and correctional personnel, announced on Republic Day and Independence Day.
Medan
Medan is the capital of North Sumatra province, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sumatra, with over 2 million people and a colonial plantation history.
Medang kingdom
The Medang kingdom, also called Mataram Kuno or Ancient Mataram, was a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom founded in Central Java in 732 CE by Sanjaya, known for building Borobudur and Prambanan.
Medanta
Medanta, also known as Medanta Hospital, is an Indian multi-specialty hospital network founded in 2009 by cardiac surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan, with its flagship hospital in Gurugram.
Medardo Ángel Silva
Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919) was an Ecuadorian modernist poet, novelist, and chronicler from Guayaquil, the last member of the Generación Decapitada, whose poem "El alma en los labios" became a beloved pasillo.
MedAvail
MedAvail, originally incorporated as DashRx, Inc., was a technology-enabled pharmacy company whose MedCenter robotic kiosks dispensed prescriptions in clinics; it listed on Nasdaq in 2020 and sold its pharmacy assets to CVS in 2023.
Medazepam
Medazepam, sold as Nobrium, is a long-acting benzodiazepine anxiolytic developed by Roche in 1968, known in Europe as a daytime tranquilizer that relieves anxiety without impairing alertness.
Medb
Medb (Méabh, Maeve), legendary queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle, instigator of the Táin Bó Cúailnge; interpreted by Ó Máille and Thurneysen as sovereignty of Connacht or a goddess of kingship, with legendary rather than historical status.
Medb Fluctus
Medb Fluctus is a 350 km lava flow field (fluctus) on Venus at 56.0°S, 127.0°E in quadrangle V-58, named in 1997 after the Irish mother of the gods, wife of Ailil.
Medcezir
Medcezir (Tide) is a Turkish teen drama (2013–2015, Star TV, 77 episodes), an adaptation of The O.C. set in Istanbul, starring Çağatay Ulusoy as Yaman Koper and Serenay Sarıkaya as Mira Beylice, produced by Ay Yapım.
Medco Energi
Medco Energi (MedcoEnergi) is an Indonesian energy company in Jakarta with oil and gas, power, and mining businesses, founded in 1980 by Arifin Panigoro as Indonesia's first privately owned drilling contractor.
Meddah
The meddah is a solo storyteller of traditional Turkish theater who imitates voices, dialects, and characters, performing seated with only a staff and a handkerchief.
Meddle
Meddle, Pink Floyd's sixth studio album (1971, Harvest), recorded at Abbey Road, AIR and Morgan Studios; features the 23-minute 'Echoes', reached No. 3 UK and No. 70 US, and bridges Atom Heart Mother and Dark Side of the Moon.
Meddy
Meddy (Ngabo Médard Jobert, born 1989) is a Rwandan R&B, Afro-pop, and gospel singer based in the United States since 2010, best known for "Slowly".
Medea (Μήδεια)
Medea (Μήδεια), sorceress of Greek myth: granddaughter of Helios, daughter of Aeëtes of Colchis, helper of Jason and the Golden Fleece, child-killer of Euripides' 431 BC tragedy, with rival ancient versions and a vast reception history.
Medea (Μήδεια) (play)
Medea (Μήδεια), Euripides' 431 BCE Greek tragedy set in Corinth: Medea kills Jason's new bride, King Creon, and her own two sons, then escapes in Helios' chariot. Covers structure, the contested infanticide, translations, and modern adaptations.
Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin (born 1952) is an American activist and writer who co-founded CODEPINK and Global Exchange, campaigns against U.S. wars and drone warfare, and authored 11 books including Drone Warfare and Inside Iran.
Medea in the Mirror
Medea in the Mirror (Medea en el espejo) is a 1960 play by the Cuban dramatist José Triana, reworking the Medea myth through María, a mulata who murders her family.
Medea Province
Medea Province (Wilaya 26, ولاية المدية), Algeria: mountainous Tell Atlas province, capital Médéa, 8,775.65 km², 819,932 people (2008), 64 communes, agriculture-led economy with vineyards and historic Titteri beylik capital.
Médecins Sans Frontières
Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, is an international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency medical care in crisis zones, funded almost entirely by private donors.
Medeina Chasma
Medeina Chasma is a 606 km chasma (rift trough) on Venus at 46.2°N, 89.3°E, in quadrangle V-10, named in 1985 by the IAU after the Lithuanian forest goddess.
Medellín
Medellín, capital of Colombia's Antioquia Department and the country's second-largest city, sits at 1,479 m in the Aburrá Valley with a 24 °C average. Known for its 1675 founding, integrated Metro and Metrocable cable cars (2004), and urban transformation reducing violence and poverty.
Medellín Cartel
Medellín Cartel: Colombian cocaine trafficking organization based in Medellín, led by Pablo Escobar, dominant in the 1980s US cocaine trade, defeated by the early 1990s.
Medellín v. Texas
Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008), a 6–3 Supreme Court decision holding that the ICJ's Avena judgment and President Bush's memorandum were not directly enforceable federal law against Texas habeas rules.
Medelpad
Medelpad, a Swedish landscape (landskap) in southern Norrland around Sundsvall, between the rivers Indalsälven and Ljungan; 6,792 km², about 126,300 inhabitants, part of Västernorrland County, first recorded in 1257.