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Webster 1913 Edition

Intermediate

Inˊter-me′di-ate

,
Adj.
[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.
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
.

Inˊter-me′di-ate

,
Verb.
I.
To come between; to intervene; to interpose.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intermediate

INTERME'DIATE

,
Adj.
[L. inter and medius,middle.] Lying or being in the middle place or degree between two extremes; intervening; interposed; as an intermediate space between hills or rivers; intermediate colors. Man has an intermediate nature and rank between angels and brutes.

INTERME'DIATE

,
Noun.
In chimistry, a substance which is the intermedium or means of chimical affinity, as an alkali, which renders oil combinable with water.

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