Intermede
(In"ter*mede) n. [F. intermède, fr. L. inter between + medius, adj., middle; cf. It. intermedio.
Cf. Intermezzo.] A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque,
character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera.
Intermediacy
(In`ter*me"di*a*cy) n. [From Intermediate.] Interposition; intervention. Derham.
Intermediæ
(||In`ter*me"di*æ) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. intermedius intermedial.] (Zoöl.) The middle pair of tail
feathers, or middle rectrices.
Intermedial
(In`ter*me"di*al) a. [Pref. inter- + medial: cf. L. intermedius.] Lying between; intervening; intermediate.
"Intermedial colors." Evelyn.
Intermedian
(In`ter*me"di*an) a. Intermediate. [Obs.]
Intermediary
(In`ter*me"di*a*ry) a. [Cf. F. intermédiaire.] Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as,
an intermediary project.
Intermediary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in.
Intermediary
(In`ter*me"di*a*ry), n.; pl. Intermediaries One who, or that which, is intermediate; an
interagent; a go-between.
Intermediate
(In`ter*me"di*ate) a. [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.] 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.
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.
Intermediate
(In`ter*me"di*ate) v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.
Intermediately
(In`ter*me"di*ate*ly) adv. In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention.
Intermediation
(In`ter*me`di*a"tion) n. The act of coming between; intervention; interposition. Burke.
Intermediator
(In`ter*me"di*a`tor) n. A mediator.
Intermedious
(In`ter*me"di*ous) a. [L. intermedius.] Intermediate. [R.] Cudworth.
Intermedium
(In`ter*me"di*um) n.; pl. Intermediums L. Intermedia [NL., neut. of L. intermedius
intermediate.]
1. Intermediate space. [R.]
2. An intervening agent or instrument. Cowper.
3. (Anat.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale
and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in
the tarsus of man and most mammals.
Intermell
(In`ter*mell") v. i. & t. [See Intermeddle.] To intermeddle; to intermix. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
Intermembral
(In`ter*mem"bral) a. (Anat.) Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the
correspondence of the limbs with each other.
