[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

intermediate \in`terme"diate\, n.
   1. a person who intermediates between others, especially in
      negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.
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   2. something that is intermediate.
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   3. specifically: chem. a compound which is produced in the
      course of a chemical synthesis, which is not itself the
      final product, but is used in further reactions which
      produce the final product; also called synthetic
      intermediate, intermediate compound or intermediate
      product; -- contrasted to starting material and end
      product or final product. there may be many different
      intermediates between the starting material and end
      product in the course of a complex synthesis; as, many
      industrial chemicals are produced primarily to be used as
      intermediates in other syntheses.

   note: the term has the same meaning with respect to
         intermediate compounds produced in a biosynthetic
         pathway in living organisms.
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see also:
synthetic intermediate intermediate compound intermediate product starting material end product final product 

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