'Intermediate' definitions:
Definition of 'intermediate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane" [ant: terminal]
adjective
Around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers" [syn: average, intermediate, medium]
noun
A substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
verb
Definition of 'Intermediate'
From: GCIDE
- Intermediate \In`ter*me"di*ate\, v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intermediate'
From: GCIDE
- Intermediate \In`ter*me"di*ate\, n.
- 1. A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator. [PJC]
- 2. Something that is intermediate. [PJC]
- 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.
- Note: The term has the same meaning with respect to intermediate compounds produced in a biosynthetic pathway in living organisms. [PJC]
Definition of 'Intermediate'
From: GCIDE
- Intermediate \In`ter*me"di*ate\, a. [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. interm['e]diat.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education. [PJC]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intermediate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act between,
- agent,
- amidships,
- ancilla,
- appliance,
- arbitrate,
- arbitrational,
- arbitrative,
- arbitrator,
- automatic transmission,
- average,
- banal,
- bargain,
- broker,
- center,
- central,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- cogwheel,
- coming between,
- common,
- connection,
- contact,
- contrivance,
- core,
- creature,
- deputy,
- device,
- differential,
- differential gear,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- entrepreneur,
- equatorial,
- equidistant,
- fair,
- fairish,
- freewheel,
- front,
- front man,
- gear,
- gear train,
- gearbox,
- gearing,
- gearshift,
- gearwheel,
- go between,
- go-between,
- going between,
- halfway,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- high,
- Hydromatic,
- implement,
- indifferent,
- instrument,
- interagent,
- intercede,
- interceder,
- intercessional,
- intercessor,
- intercessory,
- intercurrent,
- interfere,
- interior,
- interjacent,
- interlocutory,
- intermedial,
- intermediary,
- intermediate agent,
- intermediator,
- intermediatory,
- intermedium,
- internuncio,
- interpleader,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- intervener,
- intervenient,
- intervening,
- interventional,
- interventionist,
- interventor,
- judge,
- lever,
- low,
- make terms,
- mean,
- mechanism,
- medial,
- median,
- mediate,
- mediating,
- mediative,
- mediator,
- mediatorial,
- mediatory,
- mediocre,
- mediterranean,
- medium,
- meet halfway,
- mesial,
- mesne,
- mezzo,
- mid,
- middle,
- middle-of-the-road,
- middleman,
- middlemost,
- middling,
- midland,
- midmost,
- midships,
- midway,
- midwife,
- minion,
- moderate,
- mouthpiece,
- negotiant,
- negotiate,
- negotiator,
- negotiatress,
- negotiatrix,
- neutral,
- normal,
- nuclear,
- ombudsman,
- ordinary,
- organ,
- overdrive,
- pacificatory,
- pawn,
- plaything,
- puppet,
- rack,
- referee,
- represent,
- reverse,
- routine,
- servant,
- slave,
- so-so,
- spokesman,
- spokeswoman,
- standard,
- standard transmission,
- step in,
- stick shift,
- stooge,
- synchromesh,
- tool,
- toy,
- transitional,
- transmission,
- treat with,
- umpire,
- usual,
- vehicle
Words containing 'Intermediate'
- Intermedial,
- Intermediately,
- Intermediation,
- Intermediator,
- Intermedious,
- Intermediate state,
- Intermediate terms,
- Intermediate tie,
- intermediate compound,
- intermediate goods,
- intermediate host,
- intermediate product,
- intermediate school,
- intermediate wheatgrass,
- synthetic intermediate,
- intermediate temporal artery,
- intermediate vector boson,
- intermediate range ballistic missile