Intermediate
Intermediate , adjective
[Prefix inter- + mediate: compare French 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.
2.
Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education.
Collocations (3)
Intermediate state (Theology) , the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body.
Intermediate terms (Mathematics) , the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes); the means.
Intermediate , intransitive verb
To come between; to intervene; to interpose. — Milton
Intermediate , noun
1.
A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.
2.
Something that is intermediate.
The term has the same meaning with respect to intermediate compounds produced in a biosynthetic pathway in living organisms.
3.
(Chemistry) 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.