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.