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/ˌɪntərmˈidiɪt/ /ˌɪnərmˈidiɪt/ Listen

adjective

Intermediate adj.

1.

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.

2.

Hence: Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education.

Intermediate state (Theol.), the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body.

Intermediate terms (Math.), the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes); the means.

Intermediate tie. (Arch.) Same as Intertie.

verb

Intermediate v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose.

noun

Intermediate n.

1.

A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.

2.

Something that is intermediate.

3.

Specifically: (Chem.) A compound which is produced in the course of a chemical synthesis, which is not itself the final product, but is used in further reactions which produce the final product; also called synthetic intermediate, intermediate compound or intermediate product; contrasted to starting material and end product or final product. There may be many different intermediates between the starting material and end product in the course of a complex synthesis; as, many industrial chemicals are produced primarily to be used as intermediates in other syntheses. Note: The term has the same meaning with respect to intermediate compounds produced in a biosynthetic pathway in living organisms.

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"Intermediate" Quotes from Famous Books

... opened his gown and put her cheek to his heart, calling him again. There had never been more perfect union; how could the bond still be so strong if he were not at the other end of it? He was there, her other part; until dead he must be living. There was no intermediate state. Why should he be as entombed and unresponding as if the screws were in the lid? But the faintly beating heart did not quicken beneath her lips. She extended her arms suddenly, describing eccentric ...

— The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories • Gertrude Atherton

... and fully a hundred miles off, appeared the mighty Chimborazo, whose snow-capped summit, rising far above its fellows, formed a superb background to the range of lesser mountains and grand forests which cover the intermediate space. I have before mentioned the delicious fruits that may be found in abundance in the city; and I described the curious balsas, on board of which the natives navigate the coasts and rivers. We all supplied ourselves ...

— On the Banks of the Amazon • W.H.G. Kingston

... importance, nor would the recital of them be at all readable but for the ultimate consequences which ensued from the preservation of those last remains of foreign power in the island. On that account, however, we have to consult the barren annals of "the Pale" through the intermediate period, that we may make clear the accidents by which it was preserved from destruction, and enabled to play a part in after-times, undreamt of and inconceivable, to those who tolerated its existence in the ages of which ...

— A Popular History of Ireland - From the earliest period to the emancipation of the Catholics • Thomas D'Arcy McGee

... the southernmost island bore S.W., distant four miles. North of this isle were three others, all connected by breakers, which we were not sure did not join to those we had seen in the morning, as some were observed in the intermediate space. Some islands were also seen to the west of those four; but Rotterdam was not yet in sight. Latitude 20 deg. 23' S. longitude 174 deg. 6' W. During the whole afternoon, we had little wind; so that at sunset, the southernmost isle bore W.N.W., ...

— A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2 • James Cook

... principle of moral education? Must we not infer that the system so beneficent in its effects during infancy and maturity, will be equally beneficent throughout youth? Can any one believe that the method which answers so well in the first and the last divisions of life, will not answer in the intermediate division? Is it not manifest that as "ministers and interpreters of Nature" it is the function of parents to see that their children habitually experience the true consequences of their conduct—the natural reactions: neither warding them off, nor intensifying ...

— Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects - Everyman's Library • Herbert Spencer

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