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in•ter•me•di•ate

Pronunciation: (in"tur-mē'dē-it), [key]
—adj.
1. being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
2. of or pertaining to an intermediate school.
3. Auto.mid-size.

—n.
1. a person who acts between others; intermediary; mediator.
2. something intermediate, as a form or class.
3. Chem.a derivative of the initial material formed before the desired product of a chemical process.