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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

intermediate
     adj 1: 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" [ant: first, last]
     2: 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" [syn: average, medium]
     n : a substance formed during a chemical process before the
         desired product is obtained
     v :  act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;
         "He interceded in the family dispute";"He mediated a
         settlement" [syn: intercede, mediate, liaise, arbitrate]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Intermediate \In`ter*me"di*ate\, a. [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf.
   F. interm['e]diat.]
   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.
Intermediate \In`ter*me"di*ate\, v. i.
   To come between; to intervene; to interpose. --Milton.