In·ter·me·di·ate 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.
 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.