midi

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

   “MIDI channel number 10 is reserved for percussion.”

   “The podules Acorn plans to release include network cards (for Econet and Ethernet), ROM cards containing application software, a MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) sound card, an extended I/O card, […]”

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.”

   “For sale: 75-acre peach and grape farm in the Midi, France - £595,000. Farmhouse included. […] Not surprisingly, the average age of French farmers has dropped from 55 to 40 during the past 15 years. But even so, the owner of the Midi farm has discovered the hard way that a move across the channel is not without risk.”

   “Start to haggle and you’ll realise they’re speaking not only French but something earthier. This is Occitan, ancient language of the Midi, the Pyrenees and parts of north-west Italy.”

noun

1. (informal)A computerized music file in the MIDI format.

   “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. 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. Synonym of Berliner (“newspaper format”).

adj

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

   “midi skirt”