Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Intermediate space.
- noun That which intervenes; an intervening agent or medium.
- noun In anatomy and zoology, a median carpal or tarsal bone of the proximal row, so called from its situation between the ulnare and the radiale in the carpus, and between the tibiale and the fibulare in the tarsus. See cuts under
carpus and Ichthyosauria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Intermediate space.
- noun An intervening agent or instrument.
- noun (Anat.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
intermediary - noun anatomy A central
carpal bone ortarsal bone
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Examples
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Shubin et al.: "In both Tiktaalik and early tetrapods, the ulnare is block-shaped and articulates with multiple radials or digits, whereas the intermedium is a simple rod."
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Shubin et al.: "In both Tiktaalik and early tetrapods, the ulnare is block-shaped and articulates with multiple radials or digits, whereas the intermedium is a simple rod."
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(p. 186), and as "intermedium" (p. 194) terms which are certainly not understood by the general.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Brazil and Argentina have signed a deal which will let them do away with the US dollar as an intermedium in their bilateral trade.
Brazil and Argentina to Eliminate U.S. Dollar | Disinformation 2008
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Within this ecoregion, the islets between the lava-covered terrain in Timanfaya National Park support 3 species of plants which are endemic to Lanzarote: Echium pitardii, Odontospermum intermedium, and Polycarpea robusta.
Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets 2007
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* Sed magis probabile videtur, notari duntaxat tempus intermedium:
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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Agropyron intermedium stem-rust resistance leaf-rust resistance stripe-rust resistance streak-mosaic resistance virus resistance leaf pubescence cold hardiness
8 Research Needs 1989
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Agropyron elongatum, and Agropyron intermedium that resistance to rust was taken?
Chapter 12 1989
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In the normal situation of the ship, the electric circuit, c (in which circulates a current produced by a dynamo, d), is closed through the intermedium of the water, which establishes a connection between the two contacts.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
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B, which is heated by the furnace, F, through the intermedium of a waterbath, w.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
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