intermediate Definition
in·ter·medi·ate (in′tər mē′dē it; for v., -dē āt′)
adjective
- being or happening between two things, places, stages, etc.; in the middle
- designating or of an automobile larger than a compact but smaller than the standard size
Etymology: ML intermediatus < L intermedius < inter-, between + medius, middle: see mid
noun
- anything intermediate
- intermediary
- an intermediate automobile
- Chem. a substance obtained as a necessary intermediate stage between the original material and the final product
intransitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing
to mediate
intermediate Related Forms
intermediate Synonyms
intermediate
modif.
intermediate Usage Examples
Converse of object
improve: Overhead conditions aside, theres some nice skiing to be had, particularly for improving intermediates.
Adjective modifier
- reactive: Exposure of bacteria to reactive oxygen intermediates can have a mutagenic effect on the DNA.
- key: Higher resolution structural studies of key intermediates using NMR are now underway.
- early: The skiing at Chamrousse is ideal for beginners and early intermediates, although the ski resort also provides for more advanced skiers.
- low: The runs are wide, open and ideal for beginners and lower intermediates.
- good: It has quite exceptional skiing for strong beginners up to good intermediates.
- other: The oxaloacetate is converted to other 4-carbon intermediates that are transported to photosynthetic cells, where CO 2 is released by decarboxylation.
Modifies a noun
- skier: Long blue and red runs suit intermediate skiers, snaking through the trees and offering fantastic views of Mont Blanc.
- filament: Within a cell, the main structural elements are those of the cytoskeleton actin, intermediate filaments and microtubules.
- host: The intermediate hosts for this worm are the mollusks or snails.
- tier: The possibility of standard regions as an intermediate tier between central and local government might usefully be considered.
- care: By 2006 councils increase their intermediate care places to benefit an extra 70,000 people a year.
- station: The intermediate stations still get 4 trains an hour in the peak.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Several detailed computer studies of the australopithecines have shown that their bodily proportions were not intermediate between man and living apes at all.
- somewhat: They are somewhat intermediate in character to 7130 Blanket bogs.
Noun used with modifier
reaction: Infrared matrix isolation spectroscopy will be used to investigate reaction intermediates.
Preposition: in
- pathway: The intermediates in these metabolic pathways are called metabolites.
- reaction: This ultimately gave 15 as the product but an intermediate in the oxidative coupling reaction, 21, was isolated and structurally characterized.
- character: They are somewhat intermediate in character to 7130 Blanket bogs.
Preposition: of
pathway: Note that only some of the intermediates of the central metabolic pathway are shown - see Fig.
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