3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intermediate \In`ter*me"di*ate\, a. [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf
F. interm['e]diat.]
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.
{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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intermediate \In`ter*me"di*ate\, v. i.
To come between; to intervene; to interpose. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
intermediate
adj 1: lying between two extremes in time or space or degree;
"going from sitting to standing without intermediate
pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a
process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an
intermediate level" [ant: {first}, {last}]
2: around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical
measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate
capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium
bombers" [syn: {average}, {medium}]
3: of the stage of education and schools between elementary and
secondary including middle grades centering on 5 through
7; "intermediate schools"; "the intermediate (or middle)
grades"; "a middle school" [syn: {intermediate(a)}, {middle}]
[ant: {secondary(a)}, {elementary(a)}]
n : a substance formed during a chemical process before the
desired product is obtained
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