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单词 inter-
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inter-prefix

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Primary stress on the prefix is more common in noun formations where the subsequent element is a monosyllabic word, e.g. intersale n.
The Latin preposition and adverb, inter ‘between, among, amid, in between, in the midst’, entered into combination with verbs, adjectives, and nouns, as in intercēdĕre to go between, intercede, intercipĕre to seize on the way, intercept, interdīcĕre to interpose in speech, interdict, interjacĕre to throw between, interject, interpōnĕre to put between, interpose, intervenīre to come between, intervene, intercalāris intercalary, interdigitālis lying between the fingers, interfluus flowing between, intermedius intermediate, intermūrālis between walls; interamnium a place between rivers, intercilium the space between the eyebrows, intercolumnium the space between two columns, internuntius a messenger between, interregnum the time between two reigns, intervallum the space between two ramparts, interval. Some of these uses received great extension in late Latin and the Romanic languages.
Of all these classes representatives are found in English, the earlier derived through French, the later often immediately from Latin. The French form of the prefix is entre-, and it was with entre- or enter-, as in entrechange, entercourse, enterfere, that these words were taken into Middle English, and new compounds formed in English itself: see enter- prefix. But, between the 15th and 17th centuries, entre-, enter- gradually yielded to the Latin inter-; entertain and enterprise, with their derivatives, being now the only relics of the earlier form. On the pattern of the words from Latin, many new derivatives have been formed from Latin (or Greek) elements: esp. the adjectives formed on the type (rare in Latin) of inter-mūr-ālis: see 2b below.
In some cases English received from Latin and French both the simple word and its inter- compound: such are change, inter-change, commune, inter-commune, view, inter-view, column, inter-column. By extension from such compounds, inter- became a living prefix, freely used to form new compounds upon verbs, nouns, and adjectives, not merely of Latin and French, but of native English origin, as in inter-twine, inter-talk, inter-brain, inter-tidal. Finally, the same process which produced such adjectives as anti-slavery, anti-vaccination, anti-war (see anti- prefix 3a(b)), has produced the adjectives inter-college, inter-island, inter-town, inter-university.
The following are the uses of the prefix as an English formative element.
1. In adverbial or adjectival relation to the second element.
a. Prefixed to verbs, participles, verbal nouns, and participial adjectives, to form verbs, etc.These are entered here in the uninflected form as verbs, but some of them are exemplified only in the form of participles or verbal nouns. As a rule, wherever there is a verb compounded with inter-, the usual derivatives (verbal noun and participial adjective in -ing, agent-n. in -er) are possible. Some of the verbs may be regarded as formed from nouns, The stress is on the radical element.
(a) Denoting ‘Between or among other things or persons; between the parts of, in the intervals of, or in the midst of, something; together with; between times or places, at intervals, here and there’.
intercloud v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈklaʊd/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈklaʊd/
Π
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. xxv. sig. T4 None the least blacknes interclouded had So faire a day.
interdash v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈdaʃ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈdæʃ/
Π
1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 538 A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke, An art contriv'd to advertise a joke.
interlayer v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈleɪə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈleɪər/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˈlɛ(ə)r/
Π
1816 W. Smith in J. Phillips Mem. (1844) 82 The surface of this rock..is very narrow and interlayered with clay.
interword v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈwəːd/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈwərd/
Π
1818 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India (1858) I. 347 His gloss or commentary, interworded with the text.
(b)
interbreathe v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈbriːð/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈbrið/
Π
1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 84 He..exhaled asphodel, And rose, with spicy fannings interbreath'd.
interbreathing n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈbriːðɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈbriðɪŋ/
Π
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1874) 318 A harshness unrelieved by any lyrical inter-breathings.
interchase v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪs/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtʃeɪs/
Π
a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. ix. 239 Retirement and Converse may inter~chase.
intercheck v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtʃɛk/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtʃɛk/
Π
1821 Ld. Byron Cain i. i, in Sardanapalus 367 Sorrow, Intercheck'd with an instant of brief pleasure.
intercircle v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsəːkl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsərk(ə)l/
Π
1821 R. Southey Vision of Judgem. i. 4 The regions of Paradise, sphere within sphere intercircled.
intercome v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkʌm/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkəm/
Π
1606 True Relation Proc. against Garnet sig. Rrv Notwithstanding the pope's intercoming to make himself a party in the quarrel.
intercrust v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkrʌst/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkrəst/
Π
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 21 These Spondils are..obliquely cut, & intercrusted with Cartilages.
intercurl v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkəːl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkərl/
Π
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xvi. sig. K6 Queene Helen, whose Iacinth haire..intercurled by arte (like a fine brooke through golden sands) had a rope of faire pearles.
interdistinguish v.
Brit. /ˌɪntədᵻˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərdəˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/
Π
1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility iii. 196 Figures..white, in a black Sea, interdistinguished with a certain..yellowishnesse.
interdistinguishable adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntədᵻˈstɪŋɡwᵻʃəbl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərdəˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)l/
interfile v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈfʌɪl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfaɪl/
Π
1950 J. Lawler H. W. Wilson Co. vii. 111 Specially trained women..handle the task of interfiling the metal linotype slugs.
1950 J. Lawler H. W. Wilson Co. vii. 112 The Production Department staff interfiles the new and old slips of copy.
1967 N. S. M. Cox & M. W. Grose Organization Bibliogr. Rec. by Computer ii. 16 Anonymous works are frequently interfiled by title in author catalogues.
1967 N. S. M. Cox & M. W. Grose Organization Bibliogr. Rec. by Computer ii. 41 The insertion of special sorts or ‘pi-characters’ has been the traditional inter-filing solution adopted.
interfiling v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈfɪlɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfɪlɪŋ/
Π
1962 Y. Malkiel in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 15 Interfiling..of authentic word cards.
interfillet v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈfɪlᵻt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfɪlᵻt/
Π
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 8 A Latin cramp enough..But interfilleted with Italian streaks.
interflash v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈflaʃ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈflæʃ/
Π
1857–8 E. H. Sears Athanasia xvii. 144 Nothing hinders the interflashings of the sunshine.
interforge v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈfɔːdʒ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfɔrdʒ/
Π
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 408 With these..orthodoxall confessions some Pagan impieties..were interforged.
intergild v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈɡɪld/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɡɪld/
intergilt v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈɡɪlt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɡɪlt/
Π
1684 London Gaz. No. 1980/4 A Silver Hilted Sword Intergilt with Gold.
interinsert v.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɪnˈsəːt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərᵻnˈsərt/
Π
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 41 Stories..not fit to be inter~inserted with this.
interinvolve v.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɪnˈvɒlv/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərᵻnˈvɔlv/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərᵻnˈvɑlv/
Π
1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 232 A logic that should profess to..interinvolve the thought of nothing..with the thought of Absolute Being.
interlie v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈlʌɪ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈlaɪ/
interlighten v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈlʌɪtn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈlaɪtn/
Π
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. xxxiv. sig. Vv Yet now in this so happie a meane while And interlightning times thy vertues wrought.
interlot v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈlɒt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈlɑt/
Π
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Nov. 28/1 ‘Inter-lotting’, a practice gratuitously rendered by woolbrokers, consists in selecting a number of what would be star lots, and bracketing them into one big lot to sell as such.
interlying v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈlʌɪɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈlaɪɪŋ/
Π
1878 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified (new ed.) 379 Subordinate interlying beds of limestone.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxxi. 481 The comparatively smooth-sided and deep interlying sulci permitting limited movement.
intermention v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmɛnʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmɛn(t)ʃən/
Π
1640 H. Grimston in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 122 There is scarce any..Complaint..wherein we do not find him intermentioned, and as it were twisted into it.
interpave v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpeɪv/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpeɪv/
Π
1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 86 A faire broade court..interpaued all ouer with Lozanges of Allablaster and blacke Marble.
interpeal v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpiːl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpil/
Π
1832 R. Cuttermole Beckett 175 See it burst..Midst interpealing thunders.
interreceive v.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻˈsiːv/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈsiv/
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/ˌɪn(t)əriˈsiv/
Π
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Interreceive, to receive between or within.
interrule v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈruːl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈrul/
Π
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 368 It is ruled over in squares, each of about twelve inches. These are again interruled with small squares.
interset v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsɛt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsɛt/
Π
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. lxvii. 221 This barrier..inter-set, to keepe his forwardnes Backe.
† intersituate v. Obsolete
Π
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 17 b/2 The little compressione must be intersituated betweene the stitches.
intersmile v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsmʌɪl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsmaɪl/
Π
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 65 By some inter-smilings, and casting of his eyes.
intersole v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsəʊl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsoʊl/
Π
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Apr. 7/2 Boots intersoled with brown paper.
intersqueeze v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈskwiːz/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈskwiz/
Π
a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 248 Where never prying Sun..Could..intersqueeze a Ray.
intertinge v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtɪn(d)ʒ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtɪndʒ/
Π
1851 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 41 'Tis intertinged with golden specks.
intertrace v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtreɪs/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtreɪs/
Π
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. ix. 20 Spungy and boggy grounds must be intertraced..with Trenches of some eighteene inches breadth.
interwhistle v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈwɪsl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈwɪs(ə)l/
Π
1762 Gentleman's Mag. (1806) Apr. 185/1 [He] hems and inter-whistles (hearts of oak).
(c) With an intr. verb, inter- sometimes stands in prepositional relation to a following noun, the verb thus becoming trans. with the noun as object.Such formations with enter- prefix are found in 15th cent., and with inter- from 16th cent.: cf. interplace v. Words of this form are much used by S. Daniel c1600.
interwend v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈwɛnd/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈwɛnd/
(To wend or pass between).
Π
1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) II. iii. 36 The windings of the great hills, as they interwend each other.
(d) Denoting ‘Between or among themselves or one another; with each other; mutually, reciprocally, alternately (in a vbl. n., mutual, reciprocal), together’. Also intermingle v., intermarry v., interweave v., etc.
interaccuse v.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəˈkjuːz/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈkjuz/
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1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr viii. 236 The same falshoods, of which they inter-accuse one another.
interarch v.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɑːtʃ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɑrtʃ/
Π
1875 H. James Roderick Hudson ii, in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 155/1 The great Northhampton elms interarched far above.
interassure v.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəˈʃɔː/
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/ˌɪntərəˈʃʊə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈʃʊ(ə)r/
Π
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 194 But we by a love, so much refin'd..Inter-assured of the mind, Care lesse, eyes, lips, hands to miss.
interbalance v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈbal(ə)ns/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈbæləns/
Π
1867 Contemp. Rev. 6 13 The complexities of its interbalanced forces.
interbring v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈbrɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈbrɪŋ/
Π
1613 J. Donne Eclogue 26 Dec. in Poems (1633) 131 Blest payre of Swans, oh may you interbring Daily new joyes, and never sing.
intercharge v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtʃɑːdʒ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtʃɑrdʒ/
Π
1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr vii. 214 The maine point, with which we intercharge one another.
interchase v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪs/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtʃeɪs/
Π
c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) i. v. 37 The Chrystall windowes too, were interchast With Iacynths, Diamonds, and Sappheirs blew[e].
interchequer v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtʃɛkə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtʃɛkər/
Π
1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania i. 6 Interchecker'd like great beds of Flowers and fresh Grasse-plots in a large Garden.
intercirculate v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsəːkjᵿleɪt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsərkjəˌleɪt/
Π
1805 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 20 512 Two nations whose literature inter~circulates.
interclash v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈklaʃ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈklæʃ/
Π
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 346 Pouring down their waters in swirling, intermingling, interclashing currents.
interclasp v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈklɑːsp/
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/ˌɪntəˈklasp/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈklæsp/
Π
1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 185 Interclasping rings riveted within each other.
intercrystallize v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkrɪstəlʌɪz/
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/ˌɪntəˈkrɪstl̩ʌɪz/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkrɪstəˌlaɪz/
Π
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 91 These..commonly occur side by side or inter~crystallised.
interdebate v.
Brit. /ˌɪntədᵻˈbeɪt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərdəˈbeɪt/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərdiˈbeɪt/
Π
1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques 175 Which question is interdebated pro & contra, affirmatiuely and negatiuely.
intergrapple v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈɡrapl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɡræp(ə)l/
Π
1898 I. Zangwill Dreamers of Ghetto xv. 459 Old sea-fights with inter~grappling galleys.
interindicate v.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɪndᵻkeɪt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɪndəˌkeɪt/
Π
1860 W. J. C. Muir Pagan or Christian? 6 Civilization and Architecture approximately inter-indicate one the other.
interinfluence v.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɪnflʊəns/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɪnflʊəns/
Π
1948 Q. Rev. Apr. 180 The cant inter-influence among all English-speaking countries has been considerable.
1959 C. L. Wrenn Word & Symbol (1967) 17 Oghams and Runes came into use at about the same period..and the possibility of their mutual relationship and inter-influence has continued to tease the brains of scholars.
1960 E. Partridge Charm of Words i. 23 This interinfluence is unavoidable.
interinfluencing n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɪnflʊənsɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɪnflʊənsɪŋ/
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1921 E. Sapir Lang. viii. 184 In many such cases it is perfectly clear that there could have been no dialectic interinfluencing.
1961 L. F. Brosnahan Sounds of Lang. x. 215 Genetic and linguistic interinfluencing of such groups favours the reverse trend.
interjangle v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈdʒaŋɡl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈdʒæŋɡ(ə)l/
Π
1599 S. Daniel Musophilus xxxvii The diuers disagreeing Cords Of inter-iangling Ignorance.
interjustle v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈdʒʌsl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈdʒəs(ə)l/
Π
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 13 Th' inter-iustling of each others forces.
interlend v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈlɛnd/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈlɛnd/
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1968 Listener 5 Sept. 319/2 Two of the very few important libraries which do not ‘inter-lend’ are those of Oxford and Cambridge.
interloop v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈluːp/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈlup/
Π
1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 224 The regular interlooping of that soft even wool.
intermason v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmeɪsn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmeɪs(ə)n/
Π
1883 Harper's Mag. Apr. 698/2 Curiously intermasoned were the stone and brick work.
intermat v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmat/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmæt/
Π
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 283 Whether the roots of corn be not so intermatted with it, that he shall pluck up both together.
intermatch v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmatʃ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmætʃ/
Π
1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica ii. i. i. xiv. 127 The several Intermatchings..that were betwixt the two Neighbour Kingdoms.
intermaze v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmeɪz/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmeɪz/
Π
1686 tr. Heliodorus' Æthiop. Advent. i. (1753) 7 The great quantity of reed and cane..stands before them as their bulwark, and therein they have cut out so many ways, intermazed one within another.
intermeet v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmiːt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmit/
Π
a1577 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew Upon her cheekes the lillie and the rose, Did intermeet wyth equall change of hew.
intermelt v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmɛlt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmɛlt/
Π
1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. v. 74 Where the gentle dints were faintly intermelting even during quietness.
interminister v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmɪnᵻstə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmɪnəstər/
interoscillate v.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɒsᵻleɪt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɑsəˌleɪt/
Π
1842 T. De Quincey Philos. Herodotus in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 8/1 Afterwards..it inter-oscillated with the Roman stadium.
interpervade v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəpəˈveɪd/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərpərˈveɪd/
Π
1863 J. W. Draper Intell. Devel. Europe (1865) vi. 137 The Stoics conclude that the soul is mere warm breath, and that it and the body mutually interpervade one another.
interpledge v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈplɛdʒ/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈplɛdʒ/
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1651 W. Davenant Gondibert i. v. 63 We interpledg, and bind each others heart.
interplight v.
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1880 S. Lanier Crystal in Poems 27 To..inter~plight Your geniuses with our mortalities.
interpour v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpɔː/
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1862 T. Archer Let. in J. Macfarlane Mem. (1867) ix. 254 Oh for half an hour with you to interpour mind and heart.
interquarrel v.
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1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 175 At war, at peace, or inter-quarreling.
interrime v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈrʌɪm/
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1881 Athenæum 20 Aug. 229/2 The Italian rispetto consists of a stanza of interrhyming lines ranging from six to ten in number.
intersalute v.
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1506 in Memorials Hen. VII (1858) 286 They inter~saluted the one the other and departed.
intershade v.
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1897 Daily News 21 Sept. 2/3 Emotions of rejoicing and resignation are subtly intershaded.
intershift v.
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1883 G. Meredith Sonn. Shakspere i Full of speech and intershifting tales.
interstrive v.
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1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia i. i. sig. B1v Montanus and Acrysius interstriue How farre their seuerall Sheep-walkes should extend.
intertalk v.
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1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. I4v Among the Mirtles, as I walkt, Love and my sighs thus intertalkt.
interthread v.
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1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 113 A complex web, where thread Still crosses thread, an interthreaded maze.
intertie v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtʌɪ/
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1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 49 A Girdle of Flowers, and Tussies of all Fruits, so inter-tyed and following together so well.
intervary v.
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Intervary, to alter or vary between; to change.
interwed v.
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1818 J. Brown Psyche 76 First cousins..Are consequently always reckon'd Freer to interwed than second.
interweld v.
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a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 44 Lacunæ arising in these interwelded stories.
interwish v.
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a1631 J. Donne Curse in Poems (1633) 232 What Tyrans and their subjects interwish..all ill, which all Prophets, or Poets spake.
interworry v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈwʌri/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈwəri/
interwrap v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈrap/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈræp/
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1871 R. A. Proctor Light Sci. 7 The folds of the curtain interwrapping and forming a series of graceful curves.
(e) With a trans. verb, inter- sometimes = ‘each other reciprocally’ as object, the resulting verb thus becoming intr.; as interchase to chase each other, -choke, -clasp, -confound, †-enjoy, -touch: also interdespise v., etc.These appear in 16th cent.; see intersalute vb. at sense 1a(d) in 1506, inter-justle in 1591. De Quincey (Logic Political Economy, 1844, 18 note) says: ‘The late Mr. Coleridge suggested, and by his own example sanctioned, the use of the preposition inter for expressing cases of reciprocal action, or, in his language, of interaction. Thus the verb interpenetrate, when predicated of the substances A and B, implied that by an equal action and reaction, each penetrated the other..But, even as a justifiable English usage, it may be found occasionally in Shakespeare, and much more frequently in Daniel, a writer of the same age’. The stress is on the radical element.
interchase v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪs/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtʃeɪs/
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1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (1752) 192 The innumerable branches of the veins and arteries and their several wonderful interchasings.
interchoke v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtʃəʊk/
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?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia sig. ¶3 Pirocles weakned with losse of bloud (the effects of hate) and..surcharged with kindnesse, the fruits of loue; not able to abide the interchoaking of such extremities: The palenesse of his face witnessed the parting of his spirits.
interclasp v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈklɑːsp/
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/ˌɪntəˈklasp/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈklæsp/
interconfound v.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkənˈfaʊnd/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərkənˈfaʊnd/
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1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 384/2 ‘Boreas, and Cesias, and Argestes loud’..with their inter-confounding uproars.
† interenjoy v. Obsolete
intertouch v.
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtətʃ/
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a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 12 They intertouched as they did passe.
b. Prefixed in adjectival relation to substantives, or in adverbial relation to adjectives.
(a) With nouns of action or condition, denoting ‘Performed or subsisting between things or persons, esp. between each other, mutual, reciprocal’; with adjectives, ‘mutually, reciprocally’.
inter-absorption n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəbˈzɔːpʃn/
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/ˌɪntərəbˈsɔːpʃn/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərəbˈsɔrpʃən/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌæbˈzɔrpʃən/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌæbˈsɔrpʃən/
interacquaintanceship n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəˈkweɪnt(ə)n(s)ʃɪp/
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1872 Daily News 29 July There will be at first a common lack of inter-acquaintanceship.
interaffiliation n.
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/
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1887 National Rev. Mar. 59 As to the expediency of their inter-affiliation [i.e. of Labour Registries].
interagreement n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəˈɡriːm(ə)nt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈɡrimənt/
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1849 H. Mayo On Truths Pop. Superstit. ii. 34 All of these..instances agree in another important respect; which..inter-agreement separates them as a class from death-trance.
interassociation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃn/
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/ˌɪntərəˌsəʊʃɪˈeɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərəˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
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1849 H. Mayo On Truths Pop. Superstit. v. 77 An endless current of images..suggested..by their own inter-associations.
1894 Harper's Mag. Mar. 554 This..interassociation and interdependence of the flower and the insect.
interavailability n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəveɪlᵻˈbɪlᵻti/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˌveɪləˈbɪlᵻdi/
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1920 Glasgow Herald 1 July 6 The issue of a circular cancelling the inter-availability of practically all railway tickets between Scotland and England.
1923 Glasgow Herald 27 Jan. 11 The deputation intends..to press for the inter-availability of these tickets on all systems.
1927 Glasgow Herald 14 Sept. 9 The ‘inter-availability’, as it might be termed, of famous experts as between one part of the Empire and another.
1935 Punch 21 Aug. 204/3 ‘Interavailability of Tickets between the G.W., L.M.S. and L. & N.E. Companies’.—G.W.R. Pamphlet.
interbehaviour n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəbᵻˈheɪvjə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərbəˈheɪvjər/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərbiˈheɪvjər/
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1939 Mind 48 111 Linguistic phenomena are forms of inter-behaviour with stimulus objects.
1952 W. J. H. Sprott Social Psychol. 1 By social situation is meant what might be called the ‘inter~behaviour’ of one human being with one or more other human beings.
intercelebration n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsɛlᵻˈbreɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌsɛləˈbreɪʃən/
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1921 Spectator 26 Mar. 391/2 I should be glad to see inter-communion, but not, under present circumstances, inter-celebration.
1969 Daily Tel. 30 May 20/6 For inter-celebration of services there must be a solution of the problems over the ministry which the proposals evaded.
interchaff n.
Brit. /ˈɪntətʃaf/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌtʃæf/
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1886 Harper's Mag. Dec. 32 In the way of interchaff we rustics could hold a good front.
intercirculation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsəːkjᵿˈleɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌsərkjəˈleɪʃən/
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a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 73 By an eternal περιχώρησις or mysterious intercirculation.
intercitizenship n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsɪtᵻz(ə)nʃɪp/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsɪdᵻzənˌʃɪp/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˈsɪdᵻsənˌʃɪp/
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1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xxvi. 448 A recommendation that inter-citizenship should be confined to the white man.
intercivilization n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsɪvl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/
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/ˌɪntəsɪvᵻlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃən/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌsɪvəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 26 561 Institutions which have favoured the inter~civilization of nations.
intercohesion n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkə(ʊ)ˈhiːʒn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkoʊˈhiʒən/
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1841 T. De Quincey Homer & Homeridae in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 618/2 That sort of natural intercohesion.
intercolonization n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkɒlənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɑlənəˈzeɪʃən/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɑləˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 92 The..intermixture or inter~colonization which may have taken place between the two countries.
intercombat n.
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/ˌɪntəˈkʌmbat/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɑmˌbæt/
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1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) i. lxii. 17 They both in order of the field appeare,..And at the point of intercombate were.
intercombination n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkɒmbᵻˈneɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən/
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1866 Athenæum 23 July 838/1 Changes..made by the intercombination, in varying proportions, of a few proximate elements.
intercomparison n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkəmˈparᵻs(ə)n/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərkəmˈpɛrəsən/
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1861 F. M. Müller Lect. Sci. Lang. (1864) 1st Ser. v. 174 By comparative grammar; that is to say, by an intercomparison of the grammatical forms of language.
intercomplexity n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkəmˈplɛksᵻti/
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1847 T. De Quincey Nautico-mil. Nun of Spain in Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 431/1 (note) After these intercomplexities had arisen between all complications of descent.
intercontradiction n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn/
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1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 439 You would stun him with the seeming inter~contradiction of some, and utter pointlessness of the rest.
intercrystallization n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkrɪstəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/
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/ˌɪntəkrɪstl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkrɪstələˈzeɪʃən/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌkrɪstəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 90 The intercrystallisation which probably gives rise to the compound-specific character of some felspars.
interculture n.
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkəltʃər/
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1881 Scribner's Monthly Aug. 542 Blending the politics..art and letters of the several European countries..in proportion to the growth of travel and interculture.
interdifferentiation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntədɪfərɛnʃɪˈeɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌdɪfəˌrɛn(t)ʃiˈeɪʃən/
interdispensation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntədɪsp(ə)nˈseɪʃn/
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/ˌɪntədɪspɛnˈseɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌdɪspənˈseɪʃən/
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1647 J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory (1847) 190 All that pure administration of Ordinances and Gifts..is but a middle or interdispensation betwixt God and his.
interentanglement n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻnˈtaŋɡlm(ə)nt/
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/ˌɪntərɛnˈtaŋɡlm(ə)nt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərᵻnˈtæŋɡəlmənt/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərɛnˈtæŋɡəlmənt/
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1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 226 Their present inter-entanglement.
interfederation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəfɛdəˈreɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌfɛdəˈreɪʃən/
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1885 J. A. Froude Oceana (1886) xiii. 224 Interfederation of the Australian States..may, and perhaps will, be raised as a hustings cry in England.
interfertility adj. and n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəfəˈtɪlᵻti/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərfərˈtɪlədi/
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1924 Genetics 9 36 The inter-fertility relationships of these 27 classes are indicated.
1953 Jrnl. Gen. Microbiol. 8 72 Some forty strains of Bact. coli..which either out-cross with K-12 mutants or show inter-fertility.
intergesture n.
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈdʒɛstʃər/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˈdʒɛʃtʃər/
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a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 284 By secret glances and mutuall intergestures.
intergossip n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəˌɡɒsɪp/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌɡɑsəp/
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1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 149 (note) Fabricated upon..the intergossip of ambassadors.
interhabitation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəhabᵻˈteɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌhæbəˈteɪʃən/
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1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. I. ii. v. 191 He dwelt visibly among the Apostle's countrymen..the verb, which he employs to describe this interhabitation.
interincorporation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɪnkɔːpəˈreɪʃn/
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/ˌɪntərɪŋkɔːpəˈreɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərᵻnˌkɔrpəˈreɪʃən/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərᵻŋˌkɔrpəˈreɪʃən/
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1893 A. M. Fairbairn Place Christ in Mod. Theol. ii. i. i. 306 This inter-incorporation of the Person with the office and of the office with the Person.
interindependence n.
Brit. /ˌɪntədᵻˈpɛnd(ə)ns/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərdəˈpɛndəns/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərdiˈpɛndəns/
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1893 A. M. Fairbairn Place Christ in Mod. Theol. ii. ii. ii. 414 The complete separation or inter-independence of God and the world.
interinfluence n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɪnflʊəns/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɪnflʊəns/
interjudgement n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈdʒʌdʒm(ə)nt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈdʒədʒmənt/
interlaudation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəlɔːˈdeɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌlɔˈdeɪʃən/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌlɑˈdeɪʃən/
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1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. xv. 315 They had so knit themselves together with the pelting of their interlaudation.
intermatch n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəmatʃ/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌmætʃ/
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1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xiv. 116 If once this Royall Intermatch were done,..The World might Govern'd be betwixt them twain.
intermobility n.
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərmoʊˈbɪlᵻdi/
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The intermobility of the particles of matter.
intermodification n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəmɒdᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/
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1844 T. De Quincey Logic Polit. Econ. iii. 140 From the balance or intermodification between the two.
intermutation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəmjuːˈteɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌmjuˈteɪʃən/
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1877 S. S. Haldeman Outl. Etymol. 17 When [mutation] occurs between vowels we may term it intermutation.
interpressure n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈprɛʃə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈprɛʃər/
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1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. iii. 415 Intolerable interpressure..and consequent battle.
interracialism n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈreɪʃəlɪz(ə)m/
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/ˌɪntəˈreɪʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈreɪʃəˌlɪzəm/
Π
1931 Amer. Speech 7 78 A writer in the Congregationalist says ‘Interracialism, like love, service, and brotherhood, is a splendid word which has been cheapened by overuse.’ How many acquaintances have you whose diction suffers from over-use of the word interracialism?
interrepulsion n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻˈpʌlʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈpəlʃən/
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/ˌɪn(t)əriˈpəlʃən/
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1851 T. De Quincey Ld. Carlisle on Pope in Tait's Edinb. Mag. May 312/2 No doctoring..could disguise their essential inter-repulsion.
interresponsibility n.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻspɒnsᵻˈbɪlᵻti/
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1873 Contemp. Rev. 22 92 The.. continuous inter-responsibility of the mental and bodily life.
interreticulation n.
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1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 143 Gradations and inter-reticulations among groups.
interright n.
Brit. /ˈɪntərʌɪt/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌraɪt/
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a1668 W. Waller Divine Medit. (1839) 25 Thou art in a common world, wherein every person hath an inter-right with thee.
intersale n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəseɪl/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌseɪl/
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1894 Daily News 21 Mar. 2/7 There was..a power of intersale, within certain limits, between the companies that took water from the Thames.
intersterility adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəstəˈrɪlᵻti/
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1899 Q. Rev. Oct. 419 The intersterility test has broken down.
intersubsistence n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsəbˈsɪst(ə)ns/
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1872 H. Macmillan True Vine iii. 94 The inseparable intersubsistence between Christ and His people.
intersubstitutability n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsʌbstᵻtjuːtəˈbɪlᵻti/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌsəbstəˌt(j)udəˈbɪlᵻdi/
Π
1954 I. M. Copi Symbolic Logic vii. 224 Of the list of elementary valid argument forms..the last ten were equivalences whose intersubstitutability was assumed.
1957 P. Geach Mental Acts 90 We cannot define synonymy as a supreme degree of equivalence, intersubstitutability salva veritate in all contexts.
intersubstitution n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsʌbstᵻˈtjuːʃn/
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/ˌɪntəsʌbstᵻˈtʃuːʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌsəbstəˈt(j)uʃən/
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1886 Bible Soc. Rec. (N.Y.) Oct. 147 The inter~substitution of the kindred mutes, b for p, and p for b.
intertesselation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntətɛsəˈleɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌtɛsəˈleɪʃən/
Π
1847 T. De Quincey Protestantism in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 765/2 The coherencies, tendencies, and intertessellations (to use a learned word) of the whole.
interwish n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəwɪʃ/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌwɪʃ/
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a1668 W. Davenant Wks. (1673) i. 312 Those interwishes you did make In dream.
(b) These go back to 16th cent.: see inter-affair n. (1563), intermarriage n. (1579). The main stress is on the radical element.
inter-available adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəˈveɪləbl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈveɪləb(ə)l/
Π
1972 Daily Tel. 26 Feb. 2/6 Tickets are inter-available and British Rail fares will now reflect the London Transport increase.
interbehavioural adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəbᵻˈheɪvjərəl/
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/ˌɪntəbᵻˈheɪvjərl̩/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərbiˈheɪvjərəl/
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1938 J. R. Kantor in Jrnl. Philos. XXXV. 449 The interbehavioral hypothesis signifies that all human phenomena..consist of the concrete interbehavior of specific individuals with things.
1939 Mind 48 111 The inter-behavioural hypothesis encourages us properly to evaluate every form of scientific and logical work.
intercomparable adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɒmp(ə)rəbl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɑmp(ə)rəb(ə)l/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərkəmˈpɛrəb(ə)l/
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1883 C. Wragge in Nature (1884) 4 Feb. 326/2 They [ozone papers] would give results more inter~comparable, if uniformly exposed.
intercomplimentary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkɒmplᵻˈmɛnt(ə)ri/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɑmpləˈmɛn(t)əri/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɑmpləˈmɛntri/
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1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 78 [They] then accomplished the following intercomplimentary canticle.
intercontradictory adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkɒntrəˈdɪkt(ə)ri/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɑntrəˈdɪktəri/
Π
1819 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 47 389 There are many intercontradictory articles among the thirty-nine.
interfertile adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈfəːtʌɪl/
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/ˌɪntəˈfəːtl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfərd(ə)l/
Π
1916 Mem. N.Y. Bot. Garden 6 352 Two seedling varieties derived from the same variety may be inter-fertile to some degree.
1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxvii. 387 Leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) from the north and south of the United States are only partially interfertile when they are crossed.
interhostile adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈhɒstʌɪl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈhɑst(ə)l/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˈhɑˌstaɪl/
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1890 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 29/2 Interhostile points of view.
interinhibitive adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɪnˈhɪbᵻtɪv/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərᵻnˈhɪbədɪv/
Π
1883 H. Maudsley Body & Will iii. iii. 267 An impairment of the interinhibitive functions.
intermeasurable adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmɛʒ(ə)rəbl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmɛʒ(ə)rəb(ə)l/
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a1866 J. Grote Exam. Utilit. Philos. (1870) xviii. 295 Inter~measurable qualities of happiness.
interproportional adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəprəˈpɔːʃn̩(ə)l/
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/ˌɪntəprəˈpɔːʃən(ə)l/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)nəl/
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1880 E. Cleminshaw tr. C. A. Wurtz Atomic Theory 3 The numbers..are interproportional for all kinds of combinations.
interrepellent adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻˈpɛlənt/
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/ˌɪntərᵻˈpɛln̩t/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈpɛlənt/
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/ˌɪn(t)əriˈpɛlənt/
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1844 T. De Quincey Logic Polit. Econ. i. 18 They are not, to borrow a word from Coleridge, inter-repellent ideas.
interresponsive adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻˈspɒnsɪv/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈspɑnsɪv/
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/ˌɪn(t)əriˈspɑnsɪv/
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1906 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 434 The mystic net-work, inter-responsive as a delicate system of nerves.
1955 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (ed. 3) ii. 30 It is a thing..as sensitively inter~connected and inter-responsive, as the branches of a tree.
intersterile adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈstɛrʌɪl/
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/ˌɪntəˈstɛrɪl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈstɛrəl/
Π
1916 Mem. N.Y. Bot. Garden 6 352 It was found that at least three varieties are strongly inter-sterile.
1956 Nature 21 Jan. 142/1 The mating type of the hybrid shows no change, that is, the hybrid males remain intersterile with O females, as in the original strain H.
intersubstitutable adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsʌbstᵻtjuːtəbl/
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/ˌɪntəˈsʌbstᵻˌtʃuːtəbl/
,
/ˌɪntəsʌbstᵻˈtjuːtəbl/
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/ˌɪntəsʌbstᵻˈtʃuːtəbl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsəbstəˌt(j)udəb(ə)l/
Π
1954 I. M. Copi Symbolic Logic iii. 44 The list contains all those logical equivalences which are certified as intersubstitutable.
1957 P. Geach Mental Acts 101 In an ‘extensional’ logic..predicates or relative terms would be freely intersubstitutable provided that they held good of the same objects.
intervisible adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈvɪzᵻbl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
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1856 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Intervisible,..mutually visible, or able to be seen the one from the other;—said of stations.
(c) With nouns (chiefly concrete), denoting ‘Situated or occurring between things, or in the midst of something; intermediate, intervening’. Also intermean n., interspace n., etc.In these the main stress is now on inter-.
intercalm n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəkɑːm/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌkɑ(l)m/
(an interval of calm.)
Π
1822 T. L. Beddoes Brides' Trag. iii. iii. 74 The roar has ceased; the hush of intercalm Numbs with its leaden finger Echo's lips.
intercanal n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkəˈnal/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərkəˈnæl/
(a canal forming a connection between two others.)
Π
1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 413/2 These canals are the ‘intercanals’ of Haeckel, now generally known by their older name of incurrent canals.
interchapter n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəˌtʃaptə/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌtʃæptər/
(an intermediate chapter.)
Π
1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 105 I will..call them Interchapters.
1882 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. Fr. Lit. Pref. 8 Notes or interchapters have been inserted between the several books.
interdivision n.
Brit. /ˈɪntədᵻˌvɪʒn/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərdəˌvɪʒən/
Π
1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence iii. 106 Many other inter-divisions between these.
† interlight n. Obsolete
Π
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον viii. 370 Hee affirmed the Galaxia..to be a meere reflex of the Sunne, and no inter-light arising from the Starres.
interlimitation n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəlɪmᵻˈteɪʃn/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌlɪməˈteɪʃən/
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1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 64 512 Shore is exactly the interlimitation of land and sea.
† intermask n. Obsolete
Π
1678 (title) The Traitor to Himself, or Man's Heart his Greatest Enemy, a Moral Interlude..with Intermaskes of Interpretation at the close of each several Act.
intermomentary n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈməʊm(ə)nt(ə)ri/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmoʊmənˌtɛri/
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1853 E. S. Sheppard Charles Auchester III. 265 The Spirit moving upon the face of the waters before the intermomentary light.
interpiece n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəpiːs/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌpis/
Π
1853 E. S. Sheppard Charles Auchester I. 334 The chorale so grave and powerful, with its interpieces so light and florid.
interscene n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəsiːn/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌsin/
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1888 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. Oct. 348 Epirrhemation..then follows an inter~scene.
interthing n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəθɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌθɪŋ/
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a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 261 I have suffered such an amphibious interthing betwixt health and sicknesse, as it has pos'd me to christen it.
interwhile n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəwʌɪl/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌ(h)waɪl/
Π
1891 V. C. Cotes Two Girls on Barge 136 A single Sunday of home comfort for her cramped wanderings in the interwhile.
(d) With adjectives as intermiddle adj.
2. In prepositional relation to the noun expressed or implied in the second element.
a. Prefixed to nouns, forming nouns., with the senses:
(a) ‘Space, distance, or part between…’, esp. in architectural terms, after Latin intercolumnium intercolumn n.
inter-dentil n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈdɛnt(ɪ)l/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈdɛn(t)l/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˈdɛnˌtɪl/
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1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder Gloss. 586 Inter-dentils, the space between dentils.
interglyph n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəɡlɪf/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌɡlɪf/
ΚΠ
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 404/1 The interglyphs are each one-seventh of the whole tablet or triglyph.
interjoist n.
Brit. /ˈɪntədʒɔɪst/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌdʒɔɪst/
ΚΠ
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder Gloss. 586 Inter-joist, the space between joists.
intermodillion n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəmə(ʊ)ˈdɪljən/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌmoʊˈdɪljən/
ΚΠ
1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 94 The Corinthian Inter-modillions consist of 41 Minutes and a quarter.
intermutule n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmjuːtʃuːl/
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/ˌɪntəˈmjuːtjuːl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmjuˌtʃul/
ΚΠ
1860–4 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) at Mutule The temple to Ceres at Pœstum has no mutules or triglyphs. The example at Albano has no intermutules.
1901 R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. II. 492 Intermutule, the space between two mutules, as in an architrave.
interquarter n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkwɔːtə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkwɔrdər/
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1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder Gloss. 586 Inter-quarter, the space between two quarters.
interspiral n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈspʌɪrəl/
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/ˌɪntəˈspʌɪrl̩/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈspaɪrəl/
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1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 281 The size and shape of the eye of the volute..the greater or lesser depth of the interspirals.
(b)
inter-world n.
Brit. /ˈɪntəwəːld/
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U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌwər(ə)ld/
Π
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 781 Imagining, that they are run hither..out of..other worlds; or imaginarie inter-worlds [L. inter~mundia, Gk. μετακόσμια] and spaces betweene.
(c) ‘Period or interval of time between’, in words formed on the analogy of interregnum n. See also interking n., interpilaster n.The stress is on the radical part, but with a monosyllable tends to rest on inter-.
inter-papacy n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpeɪpəsi/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpeɪpəsi/
Π
1687 S. Hill Catholic Balance 63 They have had not only very many, but also..very long Interpapacies.
inter-parliament n.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpɑːlᵻm(ə)nt/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpɑrləm(ə)nt/
Π
1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 22 During this Inter-Parliament..five Judges places either fell, or were made vacant.
b. Prefixed to adjectives (originally, and most frequently, of Latin origin), in prepositional relation to the noun implied (as inter-acinous, ‘that is inter acinos, between the acini’: cf. anti- prefix 3a(a), infra- prefix 1a), or sometimes to a phrase consisting of the adjective + a noun (as inter-accessory ‘between accessory processes’).For the etymology of the second element, see the simple words accessory n. and adj., acinous adj., etc. Ancient Latin had only a very few examples of this formation, as intermūrālis, interamnus, interdigitālis, interlūnis, intermēstris; but their number in modern times, chiefly since 1600, and esp. since 1800, is very great, and they are formed freely when needed. Logically they are composed of inter + Latin noun stem + adjectival suffix; but, as the adjectival suffix is the same that is used in forming an adjective from the simple word (e.g. nation-al, inter-nation-al, collegi-ate, inter-collegi-ate), they have the form of being composed of inter + adjective, and in some later formations, as interhuman, intercapillary, interaccessory, intermolar, this is actually their structure. The main stress is on the radical part.
(a) Denoting ‘Situated, placed, or occurring locally, between or among (what is implied in the second element)’: in modern scientific and other terms (chiefly of Anatomy and Zoology). See also interaccessory adj., interacinous adj. at sense 2d; interalveolar adj., interarticular adj., intercellular adj., etc., among the main words.
interantennal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəranˈtɛnl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌænˈtɛn(ə)l/
interantennary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəranˈtɛn(ə)ri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌænˈtɛnəri/
(between the antennæ.)
Π
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 283 The six interantennary front teeth.
interapophysial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərapə(ʊ)ˈfɪzɪəl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˌpɑfəˈsiəl/
Π
1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Interapophysial, situated between apophyses.
intercapillary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkəˈpɪl(ə)ri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkæpəˌlɛri/
Π
1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 115/2 The red corpuscles..exude thence into the intercapillary texture.
intercavernous adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkavənəs/
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/ˌɪntəˈkavn̩əs/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkævərnəs/
Π
1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Inter-cavernous.
1968 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. I. xxi. 9/1 The two cavernous sinuses intercommunicate across the midline by means of the anterior and posterior intercavernous sinuses.
interconsonantal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkɒnsəˈnantl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɑnsəˈnæn(t)l/
Π
1931 Amer. Speech 7 19 His inter-consonantal u is perhaps Southern.
intercorallite adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɒrəlʌɪt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɔrəˌlaɪt/
(see corallite n. 2.)
intercorpuscular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkɔːˈpʌskjᵿlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɔrˈpəskjələr/
Π
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 857/1 Developed in the inter~corpuscular tissue.
intercoxal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɒksl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɑks(ə)l/
(see coxa n. 2.)
intercuspidal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkʌspᵻdl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkəspəd(ə)l/
Π
1871 J. F. W. Herschel Outl. Astron. (ed. 11) 497 Every intercuspidal arc.
intercystic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsɪstɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsɪstɪk/
interelectronic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻˌlɛkˈtrɒnɪk/
,
/ˌɪntərˌɛlɛkˈtrɒnɪk/
,
/ˌɪntərˌɛlᵻkˈtrɒnɪk/
,
/ˌɪntərˌɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk/
,
/ˌɪntərˌiːlɛkˈtrɒnɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk/
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/ˌɪn(t)əriˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk/
Π
1964 J. W. Linnett Electronic Struct. Molecules i. 12 In chromium..the six electrons are spread among the five 3d and one 4s orbital to reduce the effect of inter-electronic repulsion.
interepimeral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɛpᵻˈmɪərəl/
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/ˌɪntərɛpᵻˈmɪərl̩/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌɛpəˈmɪrəl/
Π
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 309 By reason of the calcification of the inter~epimeral and intersternal membranes.
interfibrillar adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəfᵻˈbrɪlə/
,
/ˌɪntəfʌɪˈbrɪlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfɪbrələr/
Π
1883 D. MacAlister tr. E. Ziegler Text-bk. Pathol. Anat. I. §143 A swollen and semi-liquid condition of the interfibrillar substance.
interfibrillary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəfᵻˈbrɪl(ə)ri/
,
/ˌɪntəfʌɪˈbrɪl(ə)ri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfɪbrəˌlɛri/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərfəˈbrɪləri/
Π
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 191 A peculiar form of interfibrillary degeneration of the muscles of the tongue.
interfibrous adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈfʌɪbrəs/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfaɪbrəs/
Π
1882 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 384/1 Pressing the combined lime and interfibrous matter out of the tissue.
interfilamentar adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəfɪləˈmɛntə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌfɪləˈmɛn(t)ər/
Π
1883 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 689/1 Solid permanent inter-filamentar junctions.
interfollicular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəfɒˈlɪkjᵿlə/
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/ˌɪntəfəˈlɪkjᵿlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərfəˈlɪkjələr/
Π
1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Inter~follicular, situated between follicles.
1968 J. H. Burn Lect. Notes Pharmacol. (ed. 9) 88 Thyrocalcitonin is a hormone formed in the interfollicular cells of the thyroid gland.
interligamentary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəlɪɡəˈmɛnt(ə)ri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌlɪɡəˈmɛn(t)əri/
interligamentous adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəlɪɡəˈmɛntəs/
,
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1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 56 An inter-ligamentous rima corresponding to the length of the cords.
intermandibular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəmanˈdɪbjᵿlə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌmænˈdɪbjələr/
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1872 G. M. Humphry Observ. Myology 43 Intermandibular [muscles]..passing transversely..from one side of the lower jaw to the other beneath it.
intermarginal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmɑːdʒᵻnl/
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/ˌɪntəˈmɑːdʒn̩l/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmɑrdʒən(ə)l/
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1858 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 148 280 Inter~marginal cavities [of sponges].
1900 E. R. Lankester Treat. Zool. III. xiv. 246 In some genera intermarginal plates occur between these two series.
1907 J. H. Parsons Dis. Eye x. 171 The palpebral conjunctiva is said to commence at the anterior margin of the edge of the lid, but from this point to the posterior margin of the edge (the intermarginal strip) and for about 2 mm beyond (to the sulcus subtarsalis) there is a transitional zone.
intermembranous adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmɛmbrənəs/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmɛmbrənəs/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌmɛmˈbreɪnəs/
intermesenterial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəmɛs(ə)nˈtɪərɪəl/
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/ˌɪntəmɛz(ə)nˈtɪərɪəl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌmɛzənˈtɛriəl/
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1887 G. C. Bourne in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Aug. 34 The intermesenterial chambers or entocœles.
intermesenteric adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəmɛs(ə)nˈtɛrɪk/
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/ˌɪntəmɛz(ə)nˈtɛrɪk/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌmɛzənˈtɛrɪk/
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1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 153 The intermesenteric chambers in the Actinozoon.
intermicellar adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəmᵻˈsɛlə/
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/ˌɪntəmʌɪˈsɛlə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərməˈsɛlər/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌmaɪˈsɛlər/
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1937 Chem. Abstr. 31 5155 The diam. of the inter~micellar spaces decreases considerably on shrinkage.
1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics xv. 257 They..concluded that the resin must be in the inter-micellar spaces of the cellulose.
intermolar adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈməʊlə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmoʊlər/
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1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 387/1 The intermolar eminence of the tongue in certain Rodents.
intermorainic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəməˈreɪnɪk/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərməˈreɪnɪk/
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1894 J. Geikie Great Ice Age (ed. 3) xxxv. 593 The inter-morainic lakes which occupy similar positions at the base of the Alps in North Italy.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 90 A few inter~morainic bogs still exist but the lakes in general have disappeared.
intermuscular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmʌskjᵿlə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈməskjələr/
internebular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈnɛbjᵿlə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈnɛbjələr/
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1929 J. H. Jeans Universe around Us ii. 142 The vast stretches of internebular space.
1957 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 16 22 Calculations on the feasibility of long-range interstellar travel—including internebular journeys.
interpapillary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəpəˈpɪl(ə)ri/
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/ˌɪntəˈpapᵻləri/
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1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Interpapillary.
1898 J. Hutchinson Archives Surg. IX. 317 The interpapillary processes of the epithelium.
interpeduncular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəpᵻˈdʌŋkjᵿlə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərpəˈdəŋkjələr/
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1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 673/1 The depression..which separates them is the..interpeduncular space.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 271 They issue from the cerebral surface in the interpeduncular space between the crura and cerebri.
interspheral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsfɪərl̩/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsfɪrəl/
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1883 Nature 8 Feb. 350/1 As the particles of the spheres decrease in heat momentum, those of interspheral space increase.
interspicular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈspɪkjᵿlə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈspɪkjələr/
interstaminal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈstamᵻnl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈstæmən(ə)l/
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1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 68 Disk obscure or of interstaminal glands.
intersternal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈstəːnl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈstərn(ə)l/
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1877Intersternal [see interepimeral adj.].
intersystematical adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsɪstᵻˈmatᵻkl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌsɪstəˈmædək(ə)l/
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1783 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 276 The probability of many stars being..solitary, or, if I may use the expression, intersystematical.
intertentacular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntətɛnˈtakjᵿlə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌtɛnˈtækjələr/
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1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 236 A ciliated intertentacular tube.
intertrabecular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntətrəˈbɛkjᵿlə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərtrəˈbɛkjələr/
interureteral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəjᵿˈriːtərəl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌjʊˈridərəl/
intervesicular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəvᵻˈsɪkjᵿlə/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərvəˈsɪkjələr/
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1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xi. 192 An irregular network of fibrous intervesicular matter.
intervillous adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈvɪləs/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈvɪləs/
Π
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. I. 710/2 Intervillous lacunæ, irregular vascular spaces connected with the maternal blood-vessels, surrounding the fœtal villi in the placenta.
1910 Practitioner Jan. 40 The intervillous spaces.
1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 115 In the early stages of placental development the blood in the foetal vessels is separated from the maternal blood in the intervillous space.
(b) Denoting ‘Intervening or happening in the time or period between…’. See also interadventual adj., intermealary adj. at sense 2d; and cf. 2c(b).
inter-artistic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɑːˈtɪstɪk/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌɑrˈtɪstɪk/
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1883 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Nov. 89/2 The late Georgian or early Victorian age which might fairly be designated..the inter-artistic period.
interconciliary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkənˈsɪlɪəri/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərkənˈsɪliˌɛri/
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1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent vii. 583 To write..interconciliarie times by way of Annals.
interequinoctial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəriːkwᵻˈnɒkʃl/
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/ˌɪntərɛkwᵻˈnɒkʃl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌɛkwəˈnɑkʃəl/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌikwəˈnɑkʃəl/
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1805 F. Balfour in Asiatick Researches 8 16 Spring and autumn..I have denominated the equinoctial periods... Summer and winter..I have called the inter-equinoctial intervals.
intermenstrual adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmɛnstrʊəl/
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/ˌɪntəˈmɛnstrᵿl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmɛnstr(əw)əl/
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1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Anger xii. 118 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) What a shame is it for Men to Enterworry one another.
interparoxysmal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəparɒkˈsɪzm(ə)l/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌpɛrɑkˈsɪzm(ə)l/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərpəˌrɑkˈsɪzm(ə)l/
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1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxvii. 226 His cry resembled the inter-paroxysmal yell of a very small boy.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 162 The interparoxysmal periods of chronic gout.
intersessional adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsɛʃn̩(ə)l/
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/ˌɪntəˈsɛʃən(ə)l/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsɛʃ(ə)nəl/
intertestamental adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntətɛstəˈmɛntl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌtɛstəˈmɛn(t)l/
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1956 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 7 292 Professor Stauffer..is apt to find in the N.T. references to lost intertestamental literature [etc.].
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Dec. 1516/2 Dr Vermes begins by ransacking the inter-testamental and rabbinic literatures (especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Targumim and the Palestinian Talmud).
(c) Denoting ‘Subsisting, carried on, taking place, or forming a communication, between…’; hence, sometimes, ‘Belonging in common to, or composed of elements derived from, different things (of the kind indicated by the second element)’. See also intercivic adj. at sense 2d, and intercontinental adj., etc., among the main words. The prototype of this class was international adj. and n. (Bentham, 1780).
inter-African adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈafrᵻk(ə)n/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈæfrək(ə)n/
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1956 Nature 25 Feb. 366/2 An Inter-African Committee for Social Sciences.
1960 Guardian 6 Oct. 10/6 An expression of inter-African solidarity.
1973 Black World May 61/2 Those whom the truth would incriminate hid behind the made-in-Hilton Hotel masks of amnesty, reconciliation and inter-African dialogue.
inter-American adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəˈmɛrᵻk(ə)n/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈmɛr(ə)k(ə)n/
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1938 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Dec. 2/5 In this and in other matters of inter-American interest, I anticipate working with the representatives of Ecuador.
1961 Ann. Reg. 1960 532 The Inter-American system is incompatible with any form of totalitarianism.
1964 Illustr. London News 18 Jan. 81 President Johnson..sent his Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs..to the Canal Zone.
1972 Buenos Aires Herald 4 Feb. 7/1 Bruno Quijano met yesterday with Charles Meyer, assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs.
1973 Sunday Advocate-News (Barbados) 25 Feb. 13/7 Barbados strongly opposes any case of racial discrimination..and for this reason opposes the admission of Portugal in the Inter American system.
intercameral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkam(ə)rəl/
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/ˌɪntəˈkam(ə)rl̩/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkæm(ə)rəl/
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1929 Times 29 Oct. 16/1 Nobody believes that the question will..go to the intercameral conference before the Special Session ends.
1935 Economist 13 July 62/2 The Public Utility Holding Company Bill..has been returned to the Senate, which has sent it to an inter-cameral conference.
inter-Caribbean adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkarᵻˈbiːən/
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/ˌɪntəkəˈrɪbɪən/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərkəˈrɪbiən/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɛrəˈbiən/
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1971 Jamaican Weekly Gleaner 10 Nov. 5/5 Mr. Arnold Foote..lauded the function as a ‘gesture of inter-Caribbean friendship’.
1973 Caribbean Contact Jan. 6/3 I believe that this magazine would help bridge the gap between Caribbean peoples and so foster inter-Caribbean harmony.
interclerical adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈklɛrᵻkl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈklɛrək(ə)l/
(between clergymen.)
Π
1868 Examiner 1 Feb. 65 A breach of inter-clerical amity.
intercoastal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkəʊstl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkoʊst(ə)l/
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1927 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 493 Already in inter~coastal traffic New York is surpassed.
1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 57/2 Intercoastal Services via the Port of New York.
intercollegiate adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkəˈliːdʒɪət/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərkəˈlidʒ(i)ət/
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1884 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 29 Mar. 15 The Inter~collegiate [Boat-] Race.
1900 G. C. Brodrick Mem. & Impr. 357 Another change..was the inroad made upon the College system by the introduction of intercollegiate lecturing.
interconfessional adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkənˈfɛʃn̩(ə)l/
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/ˌɪntəkənˈfɛʃən(ə)l/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərkənˈfɛʃ(ə)nəl/
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1892 T. K. Cheyne Founders O.T. Crit. Pref. (1893) 9 Sound Biblical criticism is neither German nor English, neither Lutheran, nor Anglican, nor Presbyterian, but international and interconfessional.
intercultural adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkʌltʃ(ə)rəl/
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/ˌɪntəˈkʌltʃ(ə)rl̩/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkəltʃ(ə)rəl/
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1937 Theology XXXV. 347 Our present consideration of intercultural contacts.
1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 84/2 In the interest of intercultural understanding various U.S. Government agencies have hired anthropologists.
1972 Sci. Amer. Nov. 82/1 If pictorial recognition is universal, do pictures offer us a lingua franca for intercultural communication?
interdenominational adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntədᵻnɒmᵻˈneɪʃn̩(ə)l/
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/ˌɪntədᵻnɒmᵻˈneɪʃən(ə)l/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərdəˌnɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)nəl/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərdiˌnɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)nəl/
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective] > all
pan-ecclesiastical1879
polychurch1883
pan-denominational1892
interdenominational1893
transdenominational1972
transconfessional1975
1893 Chicago Advance 13 July An increase in international and interdenominational fellowship.
1894 Daily News 7 Nov. 8/7 The establishment of friendly workers' areas under the management of Interdenominational Committees.
interdepartmental adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntədiːpɑːtˈmɛntl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərdəˌpɑrtˈmɛn(t)l/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərdiˌpɑrtˈmɛn(t)l/
interdialectal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntədʌɪəˈlɛktl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌdaɪəˈlɛkt(ə)l/
Π
1959 M. Schlauch Eng. Lang. in Mod. Times i. 28 An inter-dialectal survey.
interecclesiastical adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻkliːzɪˈastᵻkl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˌkliziˈæstək(ə)l/
Π
1920 Q. Register Nov. 339 A great moment of international and inter-ecclesiastical opportunity.
interethnic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɛθnɪk/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɛθnɪk/
Π
1959 H. Wolff in Anthropol. Ling. Mar. 34 (title) Intelligibility and inter~ethnic attitudes.
1971 Sunday Nation (Nairobi) 11 Apr. 13/3 There was one section of the population in Uganda, inter-ethnic in composition, which was not using English as the primary qualification for professional ascent. This section was the armed forces of Uganda.
intergenerational adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntədʒɛnəˈreɪʃn̩(ə)l/
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/ˌɪntədʒɛnəˈreɪʃən(ə)l/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)nəl/
Π
1964 S. Lieberson in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 551 We find intergenerational linguistic unity of nationality groups is less than the unity within the immigrant groups themselves.
1968 Listener 29 Feb. 259/1 The intergenerational differences amount to a mutation.
1971 Black Scholar June 29/2 The black revolution will then become an intergenerational revolution.
intergovernmental adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəɡʌvnˈmɛntl/
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/ˌɪntəɡʌvəˈmɛntl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)l/
Π
1927 Glasgow Herald 20 Jan. 8 When it came to negotiation, agreement could not be obtained by inter-Governmental intervention.
1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) i. iii. § 3. 28 The system of inter-governmental debts which the War has left behind.
1946 J. S. Huxley Unesco ii. 48 This important group of human activities..has never previously been adequately dealt with by any inter-governmental organisation.
1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 142/3 Some of the problems requiring action at the inter-governmental level..have been indicated above.
1973 Times 21 May 4/7 The inter-governmental convention establishing the European University Institute was signed by the six founding members of the Community in April, 1972.
interhuman adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈhjuːmən/
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U.S. /ˌɪntərˈ(h)jumən/
Π
1881 Standard 21 May 3/4 An account..of a..case of inter-human osseous transplantation.
interparliamentary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəpɑːlᵻˈmɛnt(ə)ri/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌpɑrləˈmɛnt(ə)ri/
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/ˌɪn(t)ərˌpɑrləˈmɛnəri/
Π
1892 Times (weekly ed.) 2 Sept. 5/2 The Interparliamentary Conference [shall] be requested to influence the insertion of arbitration clauses in all international treaties.
1898 Times 16 Dec. 5/7 About a couple of years ago an inter-Parliamentary peace conference on disarmament was held at Budapest.
interperceptual adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəpəˈsɛptʃʊəl/
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/ˌɪntəpəˈsɛptʃ(ᵿ)l/
,
/ˌɪntəpəˈsɛptjʊəl/
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/ˌɪntəpəˈsɛptjᵿl/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərpərˈsɛp(t)ʃ(əw)əl/
Π
1932 W. T. Stace Theory of Knowl. vii. 160 What it is or is not during inter-perceptual periods makes no difference to me as a practical person.
1934 Mind 43 151 Why must we believe that causation continues to operate during inter-perceptual intervals?
interprofessional adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəprəˈfɛʃn̩(ə)l/
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/ˌɪntəprəˈfɛʃən(ə)l/
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U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərprəˈfɛʃ(ə)nəl/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərproʊˈfɛʃ(ə)nəl/
Π
1960 Times 15 Feb. 11/7 The third Interprofessional Conference in March will examine some cardinal moral issues.
1971 Optometry Today (Amer. Optometric Assoc.) 13 Naturally, interprofessional referrals are a two-way street.
interracial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈreɪʃl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈreɪʃ(ə)l/
Π
1888 Sc. Leader 20 Aug. 5 Interracial conflict in Louisiana. Twenty niggers slain.
1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker viii. 123 Chinatown..drew and held me; I could never have enough of its ambiguous, interracial atmosphere.
1905 Athenæum 30 Sept. 430/1 Inter-racial cordiality.
1953 E. H. Brookes S. Afr. in Changing World v. 105 Thus the services of Americans to South Africa in the interracial field are spanned across a century.
1960 Spectator 22 July 128 There is a large, brand-new ‘inter-racial’ hotel.
1968 Blues Unlimited Dec. 12 The local interracial Dirty Blues Band.
1972 Publishers Weekly 7 Feb. 37 (advt.) Grace Halsell..describes what happens to interracial couples when they are joined in a love affair or marriage.
interracially adv.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈreɪʃl̩i/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈreɪʃəli/
Π
1964 Punch 26 Aug. 290/1 Anger..fomented internally and directed inter-racially.
1972 Publishers Weekly 14 Aug. 40/2 He hustled a basketball scholarship, lost it for dating interracially.
interregimental adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɛdʒᵻˈmɛntl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌrɛdʒəˈmɛn(t)l/
Π
1883 Manch. Examiner 20 Nov. 5/4 The results of the inter-regimental matches..the shooting exhibiting great improvement.
interregional adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈriːdʒn̩(ə)l/
,
/ˌɪntəˈriːdʒən(ə)l/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈridʒ(ə)nəl/
Π
1945 Britannica Bk. Year 1944 607/1 A significant event of..1944 was submission of the report of the President's National Interregional Highway committee recommending postwar construction... An important feature of the plan is the construction of express routes through cities.
1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. ii. 77 Gold was the essential commodity for interregional exchange in the Mediterranean context.
interreligional adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻˈlɪdʒn̩(ə)l/
,
/ˌɪntərᵻˈlɪdʒən(ə)l/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈlɪdʒənəl/
,
/ˌɪn(t)əriˈlɪdʒənəl/
interreligious adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻˈlɪdʒəs/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈlɪdʒəs/
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/ˌɪn(t)əriˈlɪdʒəs/
Π
1894 Forum (N.Y.) Sept. 61 Inter~religious good-will is a manifest help to the study of comparative theology.
interterritorial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntətɛrᵻˈtɔːrɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌtɛrəˈtɔriəl/
Π
1888 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 4 Dec. An inter-territorial convention of the north-western Territories.
1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 102 Agreement..that joint authorities..would continue to provide services on an inter-territorial basis was reached.
1967 Economist 17 June 1234/2 The main points of the treaty are: the establishment of an East African development bank; interterritorial tariffs on goods originating in one country and exported to another, [etc.].
(d) Loosely used to denote ‘Situated, occurring, carried on, etc., between the parts or divisions of…’, and hence ‘within…’ (more conventionally expressed by intra- prefix): as in inter-asteroidal, -coccygeal, -cranial, -imperial, -mercurial, -parenchymal, -trinitarian: see 2d.
c.
(a) Prefixed to nouns, forming adjectives, with the sense ‘Situated, distributed, occurring, carried on, plying, etc. between…’; usually of communication, commerce, athletic contests, or the like. See also intercell adj., interstate adj. and n. (a1845 in U.S.).
inter-arrival adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəˈrʌɪvl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈraɪv(ə)l/
ΚΠ
1962 J. Riordan Stochastic Service Syst. i. 3 For this, as for the Poisson, the intervals between demands (inter~arrival intervals) are independent random variables.
1968 P. A. P. Moran Introd. Probability Theory iii. 179 Much more complicated queueing systems with general inter~arrival and service time distributions are considered.
interbank adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈbaŋk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈbæŋk/
(also interbanks)
ΚΠ
1907 Daily Chron. 29 Sept. 9/2 The Inter-Banks Team Race, in which sixteen banks in London were represented.
1966 Economist 12 Nov. 718/2 The big broker in unsecured ‘interbank’ sterling deposits.
1973 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 21 Overnight money in the interbank market rose to a peak of 13 p.c. earlier this week.
interborough adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈbʌrə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈbərə/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˈbəroʊ/
ΚΠ
1905 Westm. Gaz. 8 Nov. 5/1 The officials of the inter-borough railways.
1928 Evening News 5 May 5/7 The Interborough Company declares that a 7 per cent fare will enable them to build better cars and run an adequate service.
1928 Daily Express 19 May 9/5 The first inter-borough competition of its kind ever organised in London.
interbourse adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈbʊəs/
,
/ˌɪntəˈbɔːs/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈbʊ(ə)rs/
ΚΠ
1893 Daily News 29 June 2/5 Interbourse securities are not perceptibly affected.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 17 May 8/1 The shares are of £4 each..for convenience of inter-bourse dealing.
interbrigade adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəbrᵻˈɡeɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərbrəˈɡeɪd/
(between brigades)
ΚΠ
1897 Westm. Gaz. 16 July 7/2 An inter-brigade competition by volunteer teams of sixteen.
intercaste adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɑːst/
,
/ˌɪntəˈkast/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkæst/
ΚΠ
1908 New Reformer II. 62 It is a case of inter-caste and inter-provincial marriage.
1925 E. S. Jones Christ of Indian Road xiii. 243 We sat down to an intercaste dinner—a hundred high-caste Hindus, a hundred outcastes, a hundred Indian Christians, a few Mohammedans, and several of us of the West.
1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 358 Among social measures which came into force were the banning of polygamy and permission for inter-caste marriages.
intercentre adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsɛntə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsɛn(t)ər/
ΚΠ
1946 Nature 20 July 97/2 Each centimetre on the plotting-board of the apparatus corresponds with ‘the cone intercentre distance’, that is, the distance between the centre of one foveal cone and that of its next-door neighbours.
1970 New Scientist 31 Dec. 596 Saturation signalling involves a large volume of inter-centre communication.
interchurch adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtʃəːtʃ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtʃərtʃ/
ΚΠ
1905 Daily Chron. 22 Nov. 1/7 At an inter-Church Conference in New York 17,000,000 Church members of all denominations were represented.
1926 Brit. Weekly 22 July 327/1 Dr. Clark has toured the world to build this inter-church, international organisation.
intercity adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsɪti/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsɪdi/
(also absol.)
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > running between cities
intercity1909
interurban1948
1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 14/1 In the first inter-city match played between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
1940 A. L. Albert Electr. Communication (ed. 2) vii. 174 Connections are made between the two exchanges by means of toll lines... In some locations this has been designated intercity service.
1955 Railway Mag. May 334/1 The 9 a.m. ‘Inter-City’ from Paddington averaged 18¼ min. late at Snow Hill.
1968 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. 26/7 A three-months' trial scheme..was introduced by British Railways on inter-city trains in September.
1970 A. Dekker Divers Diamonds xxii. 145 The GPO intercity microwave link towers.
1972 Guardian 13 Mar. 13/1 The expression ‘Inter-City’ was a British invention and its success is demonstrated by the adoption of the title in such countries as Germany, Japan, Holland, and now the United States, to describe express business trains.
1973 Times 29 Oct. 14/8 On the inter-city to Sunderland I was one of the first people in the dining car.
interclass adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈklɑːs/
,
/ˌɪntəˈklas/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈklæs/
ΚΠ
1909 Post-Intelligencer (Seattle) 18 Apr. 1/2 The interclass crews and girls' crews work at other hours during the day.
1950 T. H. Marshall Citizenship & Social Class i. iv. 57 A divided educational system, by promoting both intra-class similarity and inter-class difference, gave emphasis..to a criterion of social distance.
1971 P. J. Keating Working Classes in Victorian Fiction iii. 71 A romance of corrupted character and inter-class love.
1972 Listener 27 July 107/2 Venice was untouched by the inter-class antagonisms..that troubled the domestic peace of other states.
interclub adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈklʌb/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkləb/
ΚΠ
1890 Daily News 3 Feb. 3/5 An inter-club race.
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intercompany adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkʌmp(ə)ni/
,
/ˌɪntəˈkʌmpn̩i/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkəmp(ə)ni/
intercounty adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkaʊnti/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkaʊn(t)i/
ΚΠ
1895 Daily News 30 Jan. 5/5 A set of rules..for governing inter-club and inter-county matches.
interdealer adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈdiːlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈdilər/
ΚΠ
1968 N.Y. Times 19 Feb. 60 It appears to be technically feasible to use a central computer to record and report interdealer quotations.
1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. D 11/4 The following..are representative interdealer prices.
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interdistrict adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈdɪstrɪkt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈdɪstrɪk(t)/
interelectron adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərᵻˈlɛktrɒn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈlɛkˌtrɑn/
,
/ˌɪn(t)əriˈlɛkˌtrɑn/
ΚΠ
1964 J. W. Linnett Electronic Struct. Molecules i. 11 Clearly, for the lowest energy state, it is advantageous to reduce inter-electron repulsion as much as possible.
interempire adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɛmpʌɪə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɛmˌpaɪ(ə)r/
ΚΠ
1896 J. Chamberlain Speeches 8 June The laws regulating inter-Empire commerce.
interfaith adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈfeɪθ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfeɪθ/
ΚΠ
1967 Economist 6 May 574/2 It is joining with 39 other firms and an interfaith group to provide 1,500 new jobs.
1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 37/1 An interfaith group which supports tough anti-obscenity laws.
1973 Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 13/5 The Israel Interfaith Committee.
interfamily adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈfam(ᵻ)li/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfæm(ə)li/
ΚΠ
1946 Nature 10 Aug. 204/2 The successful production of hybrid plants from interspecific, intergeneric, and even inter~family crosses has naturally led to investigation of the events which occur in some of the crosses which habitually fail.
1965 J. E. Cross in Eng. Stud. Apr. 96 The provincial and interfamily strife..between..Deira and Bernicia.
interfibre adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈfʌɪbə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈfaɪbər/
ΚΠ
1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics iv. 39 In a fabric with a high cover factor, i.e. a tightly woven material, the friction between fibres is apt to be high enough to restrict inter-fibre movement.
interhemisphere adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈhɛmᵻsfɪə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈhɛməˌsfɪ(ə)r/
ΚΠ
1895 C. Dixon in Fortn. Rev. Apr. 648 Migratory species [of birds] that are neither Inter-polar nor Inter-hemisphere.
1895 C. Dixon in Fortn. Rev. Apr. 653 Families and groups which I have ventured to describe as Interhemisphere..with a more or less dominant equatorial base, spreading both north and south.
interisland adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈʌɪlənd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈaɪlənd/
ΚΠ
1859 Sandwich Islands 1 cent postage stamp Interisland Hawaiian Postage. Uku Leta.
1891 Daily News 1 Jan. 5/5 To serve as an inter-island steamer in the South Seas.
interlibrary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈlʌɪb(rə)ri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈlaɪˌbrɛri/
ΚΠ
1928 J. A. McMillen (title) Selected articles on interlibrary loans.
1938 Times 1 Jan. 10/1 All England and Wales is now covered by schemes for the inter-library lending of books.
1968 Language 44 211 The publications..are available to any American library on inter-library loan.
internucleon adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈnjuːklɪɒn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈn(j)ukliˌɑn/
ΚΠ
1953 Physical Rev. 91 1529/2 The meson theory, which predicts strong internucleon interactions.
interoffice adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɒfɪs/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɔfəs/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˈɑfəs/
ΚΠ
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Inter-office.
1938 Times 29 Sept. 19/1 War Loan..was being quoted 95 middle in inter-office dealings.
1969 New Yorker 20 Sept. 181/1 An interoffice memo cast in cablese.
1972 Accountant 6 Apr. 456/1 On the sports side, it was hoped to revive the inter-office cricket tournament and play matches with other students' societies and the law students.
interparticle adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpɑːtᵻkl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpɑrdək(ə)l/
ΚΠ
1946 Nature 6 July 13/1 The resistance increased, indicating that the width of the inter-particle contacts had diminished.
1953 Physical Rev. 91 1527 The leading term..depends only on the interparticle distances.
1962 W. B. Thompson Introd. Plasma Physics vii. 148 The simple theory presented here may be extended by including in a phenomenological way the effect of interparticle collisions.
interparty adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpɑːti/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpɑrdi/
ΚΠ
1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 2/1 A break in the party seems inevitable. The issue of this inter-party struggle will be one of great moment for South Africa.
1957 R. N. C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon xxx. 103 He [sc. Marx] held that, under the capitalist system, parliaments were simply the instruments by means of which the bourgeoisie maintained its domination, and that inter-party conflicts within this framework had no real significance.
inter-plane adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpleɪn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpleɪn/
ΚΠ
1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station xii. 195 (note) These rockets..were affixed to the interplane struts of the machine.
interschool adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈskuːl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈskul/
ΚΠ
1895 Westm. Gaz. 25 July 3/3 The encouragement of inter~school matches.
interspecies adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈspiːʃɪz/
,
/ˌɪntəˈspiːʃiːz/
,
/ˌɪntəˈspiːsɪz/
,
/ˌɪntəˈspiːsiːz/
,
/ˌɪntəˈspiːʃɪiːz/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈspiʃiz/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˈspisiz/
ΚΠ
1920 Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 1919 50 (heading) Inter species pollination of plums.
1962 Punch 14 Mar. 443/1 The possible consequences of inter~species communication between man and dolphin.
interstream adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈstriːm/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈstrim/
ΚΠ
1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Interstream a. (Phys. Geog.), between streams.
1968 D. S. Simonett in R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 559 Many geomorphologists today use the term [sc. interfluve] for the interstream area to imply a discrete landscape or geomorphic unit.
interstreet adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈstriːt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈstrit/
ΚΠ
1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 756 The history of cheap interstreet transportation in New York.
interteam adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtiːm/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtim/
ΚΠ
1897 Westm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 5/1 International, inter-club, inter-team, inter-college, or inter-school contests.
intertown adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtaʊn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtaʊn/
ΚΠ
1892 Daily News 23 Feb. 4/6 For the development of the telephone in London with an inter-town service all over the country.
intertrial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtrʌɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtraɪ(ə)l/
ΚΠ
1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. Jan. 125 Within each order, 21 plates consisting of three different spatial arrangements of each level of number were also shown randomly with an intertrial interval of 10 seconds.
1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 88 225 The timer was preset so that the signals for all shock options were of three seconds duration, with a 15-second intertrial interval.
interunion adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈjuːnɪən/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈjunjən/
ΚΠ
1969 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 19/5 Because of bitter inter-union rivalry, the original purpose of the strike..has become almost totally obscured.
1973 Times 17 Jan. 16/8 Eliminating the possibility of inter-union disputes in one factory.
interuniversity adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəjuːnᵻˈvəːsᵻti/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌjunəˈvərsədi/
ΚΠ
1870 J. E. Morgan Univ. Oars Wordsworth..legitimately to be looked upon as the father of the inter-university [rowing] match.
1874 Graphic 4 Apr. 327/3 Contemporaneous with the boat race are several other Inter-University contests.
1891 C. Wordsworth Ann. Early Life 56 Encouraged by the example of the inter-university cricket match, which had taken place in 1827, we talked over the possibility of getting up a similar competition in rowing.
1956 Nature 3 Mar. 405/1 In 1944 the Secretary of State for the Colonies invited British universities to set up an Inter-University Organization to assist the development of higher education in the Colonies.
1970 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 19 i. 181 Dr. Verheul is now Head of the private international law department of the T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague, an inter-university institute which is engaged in comprehensive documentation in the field of international law.
intervalve adj.
Brit. /ˈɪntəvalv/
,
U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌvælv/
ΚΠ
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Inter-valve, in steam-engines, noting the space which is between the throttle- and slide-valves.
1921 Wireless World 2 Apr. 17/2 The 5-step Amplifier, with intervalve resistance couplings, is of the usual type.
1921 Wireless World 14 May 120/1 Substitute an intervalve transformer for your telephone transformer.
inter-varsity adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈvɑːsᵻti/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈvɑrsədi/
ΚΠ
1885 Whitaker's Almanack 400/2 Oxford, for the third year in succession, won the inter-'varsity match against Cambridge.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 9/3 The Inter-'Varsity sports.
intervillage adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈvɪlɪdʒ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈvɪlɪdʒ/
ΚΠ
1949 M. Mead Male & Female 413 The biggest inter~village economic exchange.
interzone adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈzəʊn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈzoʊn/
ΚΠ
1960 Times 13 Dec. 4/1 They have always been dusted off in the inter~zone matches.
1961 Times 8 June 5/2 They gained a 5–1 winning lead over Denmark in the inter-zone final.
(b) Rarely, in the same sense as 2b(b).These are apparently all of 19th cent. or 20th cent. origination, and may be formed at pleasure. For their form and analysis, see what is said under the analogous anti- prefix 3a(b). The main stress is on the radical word; but, when this is a monosyllable, tends to shift to inter-.
inter-epidemic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɛpᵻˈdɛmɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌɛpəˈdɛmɪk/
Π
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 185 The longer duration of the inter-epidemic periods since 1856.
inter-whiff adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈwɪf/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈwɪf/
Π
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xii. 184 Speaking pithily in short inter-whiff sentences.
d. The following adjectives (mostly Anatomy) belonging to the uses mentioned in sense 2b, are given here as being of subordinate importance, but not self-explanatory. For those of greater importance see their alphabetical places.
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interaccessory adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərəkˈsɛs(ə)ri/
,
/ˌɪntərakˈsɛs(ə)ri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəkˈsɛs(ə)ri/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌækˈsɛs(ə)ri/
situated, as a muscle, between accessory processes of the vertebræ.
interacinar adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈasᵻnə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈæsənər/
= interacinous adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > [adjective] > parts of gland
alveolar1872
interacinous1876
interacinar1900
1900 Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 11 205/2 Interacinar cell islets have been studied by Harris and Gow.
1961 Lancet 29 July 258/2 A high prevalence of pancreatic arteriosclerosis..could have caused the associated insular and interacinar fibrosis and hyalinisation.
interacinous adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈasᵻnəs/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈæsənəs/
situated or occurring between or among the acini of a gland.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > [adjective] > parts of gland
alveolar1872
interacinous1876
interacinar1900
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 271 Indurating inflammations, in which inter-acinous, inter-lobular, connective tissue increases in quantity.
interadventual adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərədˈvɛn(t)ʃʊəl/
,
/ˌɪntərədˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ᵿ)l/
,
/ˌɪntərədˈvɛntjʊəl/
,
/ˌɪntərədˈvɛntjᵿl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌædˈvɛn(t)ʃ(əw)əl/
intervening between the first and second Advents.
ΚΠ
1886 Warfield in Expositor Dec. 441 This inter-adventual period is..to be a period of conflict.
interandean adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈandɪən/
,
/ˌɪntəranˈdiːən/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈændiən/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌænˈdiən/
situated between or among the Andes.
ΚΠ
1876 J. Orton Andes & Amazon (ed. 3) ii. xxiv. 444 The interandean plateau.
interarytenoid adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərarᵻˈtiːnɔɪd/
,
/ˌɪntərəˈrɪtn̩ɔɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərəˈrɪtnˌɔɪd/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌɛrəˈtiˌnɔɪd/
situated between the arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.
ΚΠ
1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 47 The arytenoids, separated from each other by a fissure known as the inter-arytenoid incisure.
interasteroidal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərastəˈrɔɪdl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌæstəˈrɔɪd(ə)l/
Astronomy situated within the orbits of the asteroids.
ΚΠ
1873 Chase in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 13 156 Interasteroidal planets.
interastral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈastr(ə)l/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈæstrəl/
situated or taking place between or among the stars.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > space > [adjective] > interstellar
interstellar1626
intersidereal1656
interastral1882
1882 ‘N. Greene’ Thousand Years Hence 110 The wide interastral ocean.
1892 Working Men's College Jrnl. Oct. 118 The method of interastral communication, if ever one is discovered.
interatrial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈeɪtrɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈeɪtriəl/
situated between the atria of the heart.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > heart > [adjective] > atrium
atrial1859
atrioventricular1879
S.A.1908
interatrial1911
sino-atrial1913
sinuatrial1935
ventriculoatrial1959
1911 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. 431/1 Interatrial, between the atria of the heart.
1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. iii. 89/1 On the interatrial septum there is a shallow depression, the fossa ovalis.
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interauricular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɔːˈrɪkjᵿlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌɔˈrɪkjələr/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌɑˈrɪkjələr/
‘situated between the auricles of the heart’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1887).
inter-Australian adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɒˈstreɪlɪən/
,
/ˌɪntərɔːˈstreɪlɪən/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌɔˈstreɪljən/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌɔˈstreɪliən/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌɑˈstreɪljən/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌɑˈstreɪliən/
existing or carried on between the different Australian colonies.
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1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Nov. 1/3 Did you..urge inter-Australian federation as the first step to Imperial Federation?
intercanalicular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkanəˈlɪkjᵿlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkænəˈlɪkjələr/
situated between or among minute canals.
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1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 234 In these cases the intercanalicular tissue is little altered.
inter-cardinal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɑːdᵻnl/
,
/ˌɪntəˈkɑːdn̩l/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɑrdn̩(ə)l/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɑrdən(ə)l/
of points of the compass: lying midway between the cardinal points; also as n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [adjective] > between cardinal points
semi-cardinal1653
inter-cardinal1909
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Intercardinal, adj.—n., an intercardinal point.
1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 121 Inter-cardinal points, the half-cardinals.
1969 Gloss. Terms Magn. Compasses & Binnacles (B.S.I.) 5 Inter~cardinal points. These are north-east, south-east, south-west, north-west and may be marked with the capital letters NE, SE, SW, and NW respectively.
intercarotic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkəˈrɒtɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərkəˈrɑdɪk/
ΚΠ
1884 Holden Anat. (ed. 5) 486 The intercarotic ganglion.
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intercarotid adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkəˈrɒtɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərkəˈrɑdəd/
situated between the two carotid arteries.
intercarpal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɑːpl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɑrp(ə)l/
situated or occurring between the bones of the carpus.
ΚΠ
1885 L. Holden Human Osteol. (ed. 6) 124 The bones of the first row..form, with the bones of the second row, an important moveable joint, which we call the ‘intercarpal’.
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intercerebral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsᵻˈriːbr(ə)l/
,
/ˌɪntəˈsɛrᵻbr(ə)l/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərsəˈribrəl/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˈsɛrəbrəl/
situated between the cerebral hemispheres, or between two cerebral ganglia.
intercivic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈsɪvɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈsɪvɪk/
existing or carried on between fellow-citizens.
ΚΠ
1895 G. Allen Woman who Did xvii It is the last word of the intercivic war.
intercoccygeal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkɒkˈsɪdʒɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɑkˈsɪdʒiəl/
situated or occurring between portions of the coccyx.
ΚΠ
1857 W. R. Bullock tr. P. Cazeaux Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Midwifery (ed. 2) 25 These inter-coccygeal articulations are similarly constructed.
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intercoccygean adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəkɒkˈsɪdʒɪən/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌkɑkˈsɪdʒiən/
= intercoccygeal adj.
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intercoracoid adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɒrəkɔɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɔrəˌkɔɪd/
situated between the coracoid processes of the shoulder blades.
intercortical adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɔːtᵻkl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɔrdək(ə)l/
situated within the (or a) cortex (properly intracortical).
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > within cortex
intercortical1902
1902 Proc. Zool. Soc. 2 215 Cortex [of the sponge] fibrous throughout,..without intercortical cavities.
1924 R. M. Ogden tr. K. Koffka Growth of Mind ii. 55 According to Edinger, morphological changes in the brain are indicated by..the growth of intercortical pathways.
1933 J. Rosett Intercortical Syst. Human Cerebrum iv. 26 In the course of cerebral evolution the intercortical systems increase in number and in bulk.
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intercosmic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɒzmɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɑzmɪk/
intercosmical adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɒzmᵻkl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɑzmək(ə)l/
situated or existing between worlds.
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1883 A. Winchell World-life 49 The doctrine of attenuated matter scattered through the intercosmical spaces of organized systems.
intercotyloid adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkɒtᵻlɔɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɑdlˌɔɪd/
existing between the cotyloid cavities of the hip-joints.
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1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 168/2 The great intercotyloid distance gives to their gait its peculiar waddle.
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intercranial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkreɪnɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkreɪniəl/
situated within the skull (properly intracranial).
intercultural adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈkʌltʃ(ə)rəl/
,
/ˌɪntəˈkʌltʃ(ə)rl̩/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkəltʃ(ə)rəl/
Agriculture see quot.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [adjective] > systems of cultivation
Virgilian1724
open field1728
three-field1869
intercultural1878
no-tillage1911
monocultural1915
polycultural1915
monoculture1933
slash-and-burn1942
slashed and burnt1949
1878 E. L. Sturtevant (title) Intercultural Tillage.
1878 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 376 By ‘intercultural tillage’, Dr. Sturtevant means tilling, stirring the soil, while the plant is growing.
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interepiˈthelial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɛpᵻˈθiːlɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌɛpəˈθiliəl/
situated between or among cells of the epithelium.
interfraternal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəfrəˈtəːnl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərfrəˈtərn(ə)l/
existing or carried on between brothers.
ΚΠ
1899 A. H. Sayce Early Israel i. 55 The tribes..plunged into interfraternal war.
intergenic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈdʒɛnɪk/
,
/ˌɪntəˈdʒiːnɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈdʒɛnɪk/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˈdʒinɪk/
[genic adj.] taking place or existing between neighbouring genes.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [adjective] > gene
genic1915
intragenic1937
intergenic1941
trigenic1941
polygenetic1955
monogenetic1975
multigenic1981
xenogenic-
1941 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. IX. 161/1 The breaks of minute rearrangements would in all probability differ from them in being only intergenic.
1951 G. H. Bourne Cytol. & Cell Physiol. (ed. 2) v. 225 It..assumes that there are no non-genic portions of the chromosome (matrix, intergenic connexions).
1968 Canad. Jrnl. Genetics & Cytol. 10 50 A UV-sensitive mutant of Aspergillus rugulosus unrelated to intergenic crossing over.
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intergyral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈdʒʌɪrəl/
,
/ˌɪntəˈdʒʌɪrl̩/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈdʒaɪrəl/
situated between gyri or convolutions of the brain.
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interhemicerebral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəhɛmɪsᵻˈriːbr(ə)l/
,
/ˌɪntəhɛmɪˈsɛrᵻbr(ə)l/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌhɛməsəˈribrəl/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌhɛməˈsɛrəbrəl/
situated between the hemispheres of the brain.
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interhemispheric adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəhɛmᵻˈsfɛrɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌhɛməˈsfɛrɪk/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌhɛməˈsfɪrɪk/
situated between two hemispheres, esp. those of the brain.
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interimperial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɪmˈpɪərɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərᵻmˈpɪriəl/
carried on between or connecting the various countries of the (British) Empire.
interinsular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɪnsjᵿlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɪns(j)ələr/
carried on or plying between islands.
ΚΠ
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Oct. 11/2 The schooner was in the usual style of the inter-insular boats, foully dirty.
interlatitudinal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəlatᵻˈtjuːdᵻnl/
,
/ˌɪntəlatᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌlædəˈt(j)udn̩əl/
situated between particular parallels of latitude.
ΚΠ
1882 Knowledge 7 July 91 If we..divide it into six interlatitudinal zones or belts.
intermammillary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmamᵻləri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmæməˌlɛri/
situated or placed between the breasts.
ΚΠ
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 147 Most of the young Ladies,..had his effigies in a little oval tablet of gold, hanging 'twixt their breasts; and held..that Metamazion, or intermammilary ornament, an as necessary outward pendicle.
intermastoid adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmastɔɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmæˌstɔɪd/
extending between the mastoid processes of the temporal bones of the skull.
ΚΠ
1864 Reader 9 July 52/1 Greater proportionate development of the zygomatic and intermastoid diameters.
† interˈmealary adj. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [adjective] > between meals
intermealary1622
intermealiarya1652
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 240 In her banquets, feasts and other inter-mealary-intertainments.
† interˈmealiary adj. Obsolete held or performed between meals.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [adjective] > between meals
intermealary1622
intermealiarya1652
a1652 R. Brome Madd Couple Well Matcht v. ii, in Wks. (1873) I. 92 Noonings, and intermealiary Lunchings.
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intermembral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmɛmbr(ə)l/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmɛmbrəl/
subsisting (as a relation) between members or limbs, as intermembral homology.
intermeningeal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəmᵻˈnɪn(d)ʒɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərməˈnɪn(d)ʒiəl/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌmɛnənˈdʒiəl/
occurring between two of the investing membranes of the brain.
ΚΠ
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 316 Inter-meningeal apoplexy.
intermental adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmɛntl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈmɛn(t)l/
taking place between different minds.
ΚΠ
1887 F. R. Stockton Borrowed Month 225 That congruent intermental action of the intellect of two persons.
intermercurial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəməˈkjʊərɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərmərˈkjʊriəl/
(properly intramerˈcurial) Astronomy situated within the orbit of Mercury.
ΚΠ
1871 tr. H. Schellen Spectrum Anal. lii. 233 The search for intermercurial planets.
intermetacarpal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəmɛtəˈkɑːpl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌmɛdəˈkɑrp(ə)l/
situated between the bones of the metacarpus.
ΚΠ
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 102 An inter~metacarpal ligament.
intermetatarsal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəmɛtəˈtɑːsl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌmɛdəˈtɑrs(ə)l/
ΚΠ
1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Intermetatarsal arteries..I. ligaments.
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intermontane adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈmɒnteɪn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌmɑnˈteɪn/
situated between mountains (Webster, 1828).
interocular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɒkjᵿlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɑkjələr/
[ < inter- prefix + -ocular comb. form] situated or occurring between the eyes.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > situated near
subocular1801
interocular1826
preocular1826
postocular1830
antorbital1837
anteocular1846
periophthalmic1886
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 316 Antennæ..Interocular..When inserted any where between the eyes.
1881 J. Le Conte Sight 109 Equal to the interocular distance.
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interolivary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɒlᵻv(ə)ri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɑləˌvɛri/
‘situated between the olivary bodies’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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interoptic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈɒptɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈɑptɪk/
situated between the optic lobes of the brain.
interpalpebral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpalpəbr(ə)l/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpælpəbr(ə)l/
situated between the eyelids.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > eyelid
palpebral1746
lidded1818
palpebrate1857
oculopalpebral1867
interpalpebral1892
1892 A. Duane tr. E. Fuchs Text-bk. Ophthalmol. xii. 467 That part of the cornea and of the scleral conjunctiva which ordinarily is not covered by the lids is called the interpalpebral zone... When the eyes are a little screwed together..the interpalpebral zone diminishes in size.
1934 E. Wolff Pathol. Eye ii. 29 Pinguecula, or interpalpebral spot, is a slightly raised yellowish area placed next to the inner or outer margin of the cornea.
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interparenchymal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəpəˈrɛŋkᵻml/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərpəˈrɛŋkəm(ə)l/
Biology situated within the parenchyma, e.g. of an infusorian (properly intraparenchymal).
interpectoral adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpɛkt(ə)rəl/
,
/ˌɪntəˈpɛkt(ə)rl̩/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpɛkt(ə)rəl/
situated between the two sides of the breast.
ΚΠ
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 222 In the goose and duck tribes..the interpectoral ridge extends from the prominent part of the coracoid margin backwards.
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interpetalary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpɛtl̩əri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpɛdlˌɛri/
Botany ‘situated between petals’ (Worcester, citing Smith).
interpetaloid adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpɛtl̩ɔɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpɛdlˌɔɪd/
Zoology situated between petaloid parts, as in an echinoderm.
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1884 Science 4 223 The interpetaloid spaces [on parts of recent and fossil crinoids] are plain, and devoid of sculpture.
interphalangeal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəfəˈlan(d)ʒɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌfeɪˈlændʒ(i)əl/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərfəˈlændʒ(i)əl/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌfælənˈdʒiəl/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌfeɪlənˈdʒiəl/
situated between two successive phalanges of a finger or toe.
ΚΠ
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 82 The interphalangeal joints of the fingers swell.
interplanar adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpleɪnə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpleɪnər/
Crystallography existing between the planes of a crystal lattice.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal lattice > [adjective] > existing between planes of crystal lattice
interplanar1932
1932 Amer. Mineralogist 17 549 (caption) The values given are the calculated interplanar spacings.
1948 K. Lonsdale Crystals & X-rays iii. 77 There is now, however, no way of measuring interplanar angles.
1970 A. J. C. Wilson Elem. X-ray Crystallogr. ii. 19 All the interplanar spacings capable of producing lines in an X-ray powder photograph can be obtained by consideration of the distance between successive planes of the lattice points.
interplical adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈplʌɪkl/
,
/ˌɪntəˈplɪkl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈplaɪk(ə)l/
situated between folds (see plica n. 2).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > bend or fold > between folds
interplical1900
1900 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 23 398 The term interplical ridge has been applied to the summit of the radial convexities of the wing and interplical groove the bottom of the alternating concavities.
1903 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 195 161 The thickened chitin bands, which..are in contact by those edges directed towards the interplical space, are here divaricated.
interpopulational adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəpɒpjᵿˈleɪʃn̩(ə)l/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)nəl/
occurring or existing between populations or groups.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adjective] > between people, groups, etc.
interprovincial1839
intercolonial1843
intersocial1852
intercontinental1855
interregal1855
intermundane1858
intersectional1865
interportal1881
interzonal1881
intercommunal1909
interlocal1920
interindividual1922
intergroup1931
inter-dominion1949
inter-agency1969
interpopulational1971
1971 Listener 30 Dec. 907 There are no known IQ tests which are capable of overcoming the interpopulational cross-cultural barrier.
1971 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 253 Interpopulational developmental comparisons..helped to clarify what in the past seemed to be an aberrant course of leaf development.
interportal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpɔːtl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpɔrd(ə)l/
existing or carried on between ports, esp. those of the same country.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adjective] > between people, groups, etc.
interprovincial1839
intercolonial1843
intersocial1852
intercontinental1855
interregal1855
intermundane1858
intersectional1865
interportal1881
interzonal1881
intercommunal1909
interlocal1920
interindividual1922
intergroup1931
inter-dominion1949
inter-agency1969
interpopulational1971
1881 Sir W. Hunter in Encycl. Brit. XII. 764/1 32 millions represent interportal, and 25 millions foreign trade.
1888 Engineer 21 Dec. 517 Competition by foreigners in the interportal trade of the East.
interprotoplastic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈplastɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌproʊdəˈplæstɪk/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌproʊdoʊˈplæstɪk/
Biology situated between, or connecting, masses of protoplasm.
ΚΠ
1898 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 856 The interprotoplastic threads have so far received no conclusive interpretation.
interproximal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈprɒksᵻml/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈprɑksəm(ə)l/
Dentistry situated between adjacent teeth; on or affecting the surfaces bounding such a region.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [adjective] > between adjacent surfaces
proximal1872
interdental1875
interproximal1897
1897 E. C. Kirk Amer. Textbk. Operative Dentistry iii. 97 The counteraction of the tongue and cheek..drives the finer particles of the food into the interproximal spaces.
1908 G. V. Black Operative Surg. 211 (heading) Interproximal wear and its treatment.
1908 G. V. Black Operative Surg. 213 If there has been much loss of inter~proximal gum tissue..watch the case for a few weeks.
1960 Kerr & Ash Oral Path. vii. 115 Interproximal caries involve all of the teeth, but the molars and bicuspids are involved more frequently than the incisors.
1972 S. Garfield Teeth iv. 88 The small spaces between adjacent teeth around the contact points are called Contact Areas or Interproximal Spaces.
1972 S. Garfield Teeth ix. 133 Inside the ridges between the roots of each adjacent tooth the bone is called Interproximal Bone.
interpupillary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈpjuːpᵻl(ə)ri/
,
/ˌɪntəˈpjuːpl̩(ə)ri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈpjupəˌlɛri/
existing between the pupils of the eyes.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [adjective] > pupil
pupillary1763
pupillar1779
interpupillary1907
1907 J. H. Parsons Dis. Eye xxvi. 525 With an interpupillary distance of 60 mm. this angle is about 2°.
1962 L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing v. 106 (heading) Inter-pupillary distance.
intersciatic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsʌɪˈatɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌsaɪˈædɪk/
situated or extending between the hip-bones (see sciatic n. and adj.1).
ΚΠ
1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 143 The excessively narrow intersciatic diameter which characterises the Australian male pelvis.
intersynapticular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsɪnapˈtɪkjᵿlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌsɪnæpˈtɪkjələr/
Zoology situated between the synapticulæ or crossbars of actinozoan corals.
ΚΠ
1887 G. C. Bourne in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Jan. 303 Ligaments passing down through the intersynapticular spaces.
intertarsal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtɑːsl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtɑrs(ə)l/
Anatomy situated between the bones of the tarsus.
ΚΠ
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 488 It moves on an intertarsal joint.
intertidal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtʌɪdl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtaɪd(ə)l/
inhabiting the sea-shore between the limits of low and high tide.
ΚΠ
1883 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 648/1 The Limpet being a strictly intertidal organism.
intertonic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtɒnɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈtɑnɪk/
occurring between two tones or stresses.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective] > accentual > occurring between stresses
intertonic1909
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Intertonic.
1953 K. Jackson Lang. & Hist. in Early Brit. ii. 268 Syncope of intertonic syllables in Vulgar Latin.
intertrinitarian adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntətrɪnᵻˈtɛːrɪən/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌtrɪnəˈtɛriən/
taking place between the Persons of the Trinity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > [adjective] > between members of
intertrinitarian1882
1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 465 We cannot conceive of such a self-reduction of the Logos without suspending the intertrinitarian process.
1890 P. Schaff Creed Revis. 3 In the single eternal intertrinitarian procession of the Spirit.
intertrochanteric adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntətrəʊkanˈtɛrɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌtroʊkænˈtɛrɪk/
situated between two trochanters; spec. applied to a line or ridge between the greater and lesser trochanter of the femur.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [adjective] > muscles of leg
intertrochanteric1836
subcrureal1839
gastrocnemian1854
subcrurean1859
gastrocnemial1889
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 814/1 Approximated..to the posterior intertrochanteric line.
1855 L. Holden Human Osteol. 148 The posterior ‘inter-trochanteric ridge’ is mainly for the support of the great trochanter.
intertubercular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntət(j)ʊˈbəːkjᵿlə/
,
/ˌɪntətʃʊˈbəːkjᵿlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərtəˈbərkjələr/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌt(j)uˈbərkjələr/
placed or situated between tubercles.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > between tubercles
intertubercular1893
1893 Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 27 260 The level which is expressed by our inter-tubercular line.
1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. ii. 53/1 The muscle is inserted..into the lateral lip of the intertubercular groove on the front of the humerus.
intertubular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈtjuːbjᵿlə/
,
/ˌɪntəˈtʃuːbjᵿlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈt(j)ubjələr/
situated between tubes or tubuli.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > tubular > between or within tubes
intertubular1847
intratubular1858
intratubal1887
intraluminal1936
1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 570/2 The intertubular substance.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 265 A small portion of human dentine, showing the tubuli..in the intertubular substance.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 354 The intertubular substance [of the kidney] shares in the inflammatory process.
interungular adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈʌŋɡjᵿlə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈəŋɡjələr/
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > situated between hoofs
interungular1870
interungulate1885
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 44 Glands..according to the locality in which they are situated, known as anal, inguinal, interungular, and preputial.
interungulate adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈʌŋɡjᵿlət/
,
/ˌɪntərˈʌŋɡjᵿleɪt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈəŋɡjələt/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˈəŋɡjəˌleɪt/
situated between the hoofs (e.g. in sheep).
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > situated between hoofs
interungular1870
interungulate1885
1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Gland Interungulate G., the Canalis biflexus.
intervarietal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəvəˈrʌɪᵻtl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərvəˈraɪəd(ə)l/
formed or obtained from, or occurring between, (members of) different varieties (variety n. 6b).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [adjective] > species or sub-species > between species
interspecific1889
intervarietal1916
trans-specific1963
1916 Mem. N.Y. Bot. Garden 6 352 No essential differences were noted in intervarietal fertility and fruitfulness.
1916 Mem. N.Y. Bot. Garden 6 352 Intervarietal crosses.
1951 New Biol. 11 115 In Paramecium aurelia there are seven varieties, and each variety contains types I and II... Intervarietal mating takes place very rarely and then only between type I of one variety and type II of the other.
interveinal adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈveɪnl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈveɪn(ə)l/
Botany situated or occurring between the veins of a leaf.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > on particular part or side of leaf
intrafoliaceous1760
intramarginal1829
hypophyllous1855
interveinal1934
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Interveinal.
1946 Nature 9 Nov. 663/2 The virus strain used produced a bright yellow interveinal mottle in the tomato.
1970 Bot. Gaz. 131 152/1 This strip [of leaf] was five interveinal areas wide at the upper margin.
interxylary adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəˈzʌɪləri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈzaɪləri/
Botany situated within the secondary xylem.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > of xylem or phloem
reticulated1832
reticulate1842
concentric1878
interxylary1889
mesarch1891
hadrocentric1900
leptocentric1940
xylary1953
1889 Ann. Bot. 3 293 The phloëm-islands, or interxylary phloëm-strands, are formed centripetally by certain portions of the normal cambium.
1969 K. Esau Phloem vi. 213 In..the interxylary or included phloem, the cambium..forms periodically some phloem increments towards the interior of the stem so that the phloem becomes embedded in the xylem.
interzoœcial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəzəʊˈiːʃl/
,
/ˌɪntəzuːˈiːʃl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌzoʊˈiʃəl/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərˌzuˈiʃəl/
intervening between or among the zoœcia of a polyzoan.
ΚΠ
1884 Nature 24 July 306/2 The arrangement of the interzoœcial pores may frequently give great assistance, and these are considered the equivalents of the rosette-plates.
interzygapophysial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəzʌɪɡəpə(ʊ)ˈfɪzɪəl/
,
/ˌɪntəzɪɡəpə(ʊ)ˈfɪzɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌzaɪɡəpəˈfɪziəl/
situated between the zygapophyses or articular processes of the vertebræ.
ΚΠ
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 40 A strong interzygapophysial ridge may connect together the pre- and post-zygapophyses of each side of a vertebra.
interzygomatic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəzʌɪɡə(ʊ)ˈmatɪk/
,
/ˌɪntəzɪɡə(ʊ)ˈmatɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌzaɪɡəˈmædɪk/
lying between the zygomatic arches of the skull.
ΚΠ
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 7 The interzygomatic diameter is in all Rodents the widest transverse cranial diameter.

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interarterial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərɑːˈtɪərɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌɑrˈtɪriəl/
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > artery > [adjective]
arterious1578
arteriose1661
vertebrarterial1884
intra-arterial1897
interarterial1927
1927 Physiol. Rev. 7 480 Intravenous injection of this substance produces in experimental animals..profound vasoconstriction, with consequent elevation of the inter-arterial pressure and slowing of the cardiac rate.
1978 Sci. Amer. Apr. 60/2 The brain can tolerate partial obstruction of flow through an artery supplying a localized region, depending on the adequacy of the ‘collateral circulation’ through smaller interarterial channels.

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interannual adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntərˈanjʊəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈænj(əw)əl/
ΘΠ
the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > yearly or annual > interannual
interannual1976
1976 Copeia iii. 488/1 We must now determine by a comparison of interannual changes of the population densities the role of environmental factors in the population dynamics of these lizards.
1989 Nature 14 Sept. 134/1 The record of observations shows considerable variability on interannual and interdecadal timescales.

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inter-familial adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəfəˈmɪlɪəl/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərfəˈmɪljəl/
,
/ˌɪn(t)ərfəˈmɪliəl/
ΘΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adjective] > between families
inter-familial1954
1954 M. Lowry Let. 10 May (1967) 367 Someone supplicated our own aid in a manner almost as urgent as we had..the air force officer, though the urgency in this case was more psychological or interfamilial.
1989 Washington Post 10 July b9/2 One needn't be planning a massive blue-collar blowout to produce interfamilial tensions.

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intergovernmentally adv.
Π
1909 Proc. 42nd Ann. Meeting (Free Relig. Assoc.) 21 We are doing a lot of things internationally and intergovernmentally.
1982 Washington Post 21 May b3/4 A lot of the connections that I've had in Washington have been useful..because I've known how to operate intergovernmentally.
2002 M. Quinlan in D. Barton & M. Bond Europe's Wider Loyalties 70 The demands and expectations generated by new collective capability, inter-governmentally wielded, may well require both the EU and individual countries to look afresh at systems and procedures.

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inter-scholastic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəskəˈlastɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərskəˈlæstɪk/
(chiefly U.S. Sport).
ΘΚΠ
society > education > place of education > [adjective] > educational institution > between institutions
inter-scholastic1904
society > education > place of education > school > [adjective] > between different schools
inter-scholastic1904
1904 Cap & Gown (Chicago) 9 215 Track Meets and Scores, 1903... Second Annual Interscholastic Meet, at Marshall Field.
1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. (Parade Suppl.) 6/2 Equal opportunity is the rule..in intramural and interscholastic sports.

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intersyllabic adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntəsᵻˈlabɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərsəˈlæbɪk/
occurring or inserted between syllables.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > occurring or inserted between syllables
intersyllabic1933
1933 Partridge Words, Words, Words! i. 86 Bloody..even served as an intersyllabic or intervocalic word, as in ‘im-bloody-possible’ or ‘too bloody right’.
1977 Word 28 220 Intersyllabic consonant clusters were exchanged in such a way that a later consonant was anticipated inversely, spontaneously..and metalinguistically.

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intertitle n.
Brit. /ˈɪntətʌɪtl/
,
U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌtaɪd(ə)l/
Cinematography and Television a full-screen image of text inserted into the body of a film, television programme, etc., usually to express dialogue or to explain the plot, esp. in silent films.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > [noun] > accompanying text on screen
subtitle1909
title1909
title card1921
caption1923
intertitle1939
1939 A. Cavalcanti in Films Nov. The intertitles all bore the picture of a candle behind the printed words.
1971 N.Y. Times 19 Dec. 13/2 Intrusive intertitles and similar devices keep hitting you in the face.
1987 D. Clandfield Canad. Film iv. 58 In the period of silent films translated versions were easy to provide: intertitles often appeared in both French and English consecutively during the same projection.
2002 Sight & Sound Apr. 72/3 As no attempt has been made to replicate the aesthetic feel of the originals, I personally experienced the switch to each intertitle as a break in the flow of the film.
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