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Definition: Intermediate state
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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