intermediate terms

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intermediate terms - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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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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