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}.