Intermediate /(?)/

In·ter·me·di·ate

Intermediate

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.
Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education.

Intermediate state: the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body.
Intermediate terms: the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes); the means.
Intermediate tie: Same as Intertie.

v. i.

A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.
Something that is intermediate.
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. (Chem.)