GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Intermediate (?), a. [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.]
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.”
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2. Hence: Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, “intermediate education”.
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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.
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Intermediate (?), v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.
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Intermediate (?), n.
1. A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.
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2. Something that is intermediate.
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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”. The term has the same meaning with respect to intermediate compounds produced in a biosynthetic pathway in living organisms.
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