Category:Intermediate

In`ter*me"di*ate, a. Etym: [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.]

Defn: 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.

intermediate In`ter*me"di*ate, v. i.

Defn: To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.