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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained;


VERB (1)

1. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;
- Example: "He interceded in the family dispute"
- Example: "He mediated a settlement"
[syn: intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lying between two extremes in time or space or state;
- Example: "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"
- Example: "intermediate stages in a process"
- Example: "intermediate stops on the route"
- Example: "an intermediate range plane"

2. around the middle of a scale of evaluation;
- Example: "an orange of average size"
- Example: "intermediate capacity"
- Example: "medium bombers"
[syn: average, intermediate, medium]



The 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.
      [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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Intermediate \In`ter*me"di*ate\, v. i.
   To come between; to intervene; to interpose. --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

intermediate
    adj 1: 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]
    2: around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of
       average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
       [syn: average, intermediate, medium]
    n 1: a substance formed during a chemical process before the
         desired product is obtained
    v 1: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;
         "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a
         settlement" [syn: intercede, mediate, intermediate,
         liaise, arbitrate]