'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
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]

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