Intermediate

a.	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.
	2.	Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education. 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.
v. i.	1.	To come between; to intervene; to interpose.
n.	1.	A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.
	2.	Something that is intermediate.
	3.	(Chem.) 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.

Noun	1.	intermediate - a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
Verb	1.	intermediate - act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" Synonyms: arbitrate, intercede, liaise, mediate
Adj.	1.	intermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or degree; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate level" Antonyms: first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" last - coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"
	2.	intermediate - around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers" Synonyms: medium, average

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