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.
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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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