intermediate

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: intercedemediateliaisearbitrateaveragemedium

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“He interceded in the family dispute”“He mediated a settlement”Synonyms: intercedemediateliaisearbitrate

Adjective (2)

  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”
  2. around the middle of a scale of evaluation“an orange of average size”“intermediate capacity”“medium bombers”Synonyms: averagemedium
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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

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