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Definition of Intermediate

1. Adjective. Lying between two extremes in time or space or state. "An intermediate range plane"

2. Verb. Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. "Sam and Sue intermediate"; "He mediated a settlement"

3. Noun. A substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained.

4. Adjective. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation. "Medium bombers"

Definition of Intermediate

1. a. 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. v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose.

Definition of Intermediate

1. Adjective. Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range. ¹

2. Noun. Anything in an intermediate position. ¹

3. Noun. An intermediary. ¹

4. Noun. (chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) to mediate, to be an intermediate ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) to arrange, in the manner of a broker ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intermediate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Intermediate

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 colours. Intermediate state, the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body. Intermediate terms Same as Intertie. Origin: Pref. Inter- + mediate: cf. F. Intermediat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intermediate

intermede intermedeol intermedes intermediacies intermediacy intermediae intermedial intermedian intermediaries intermediary

intermediary metabolism intermediary movements intermediary nerve intermediary plane intermediary system intermediate (current term) intermediate abutment intermediate amputation intermediate antebrachial vein intermediate basilic vein

intermediate body of Flemming intermediate bronchus intermediate carcinoma intermediate care facilities intermediate cephalic vein intermediate cervical septum intermediate cubital vein intermediate cuneiform bone intermediate cuneiform bones intermediate density lipoprotein

Literary usage of Intermediate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1900)
"On the absence of intermediate varieties at. the present day—On the nature of extinct intermediate varieties; on their number— On the lapse of time, ..."

2. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1905)
"The intermediate grades are a neglected field in educational theory and practice. Primary work has received a great deal of attention, and the upper grades ..."

3. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"Conventional Signs for Small and intermediate-Scale Maps. ... The conventional signs for maps of intermediate scale vary but little from those used on ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Our current investigation of this presumed intermediate embodies aH,C 2Ь ... To reconcile these two facts, one must postulate that an intermediate is formed ..."

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