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Interferometer

An instrument for measuring small movements, distances, or displacements by means of the interference of two beams of light; -- formerly also called also refractometer, but that word now has a different meaning.

Interfoliaceous

At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.

Interfollicular

Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland.

Interfretted

Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.

Interfusion

The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused.

Interganglionic

Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.

Interglobular

Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.

Intergrave

To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections.

Interhyal

Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch. An interhyal ligament or cartilage.

Interior

That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.

interiorise

to incorporate within oneself; same as interiorize.

Interjacency Interjacence

The state of being between; a coming or lying between or among; intervention; also, that which lies between.

Interjacent

Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles.

Interjangle

To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily.

Interject

To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose.

Interjectional

Thrown in between other words or phrases; parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional remark.

Interjoist

The space or interval between two joists.

Interknit

To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.

Interlace

To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

Interlacement

The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.

Interlapse

The lapse or interval of time between two events.

Interlay

To lay or place among or between.

Interleaf

A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.

Interleave

To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book.

Interlinear Interlineal

Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc.

interlingua

A language used as an intermediate language in translating from a source language to a target language; -- used especially in machine translation by computers; as, some machine translation systems use Esperanto as an interlingua.

Interlining

Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.

Interlobar

Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland.

Interlobular

Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein.

Interlock

To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.

interlocking

Connected together in such a manner that the parts work together as a single unit, or in a coordianted manner.

Interlope

To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.

Interloper

One who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously.

Interlucate

To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches.

Interluded

Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.

Interlunary Interlunar

Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible.

Intermandibular

Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space.

Intermarriage

Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, races, castes, or nations.

Intermarry

To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, races, castes, etc.

Intermaxillary

Between the maxillary bones. Of or pertaining to the intermaxill/. An intermaxilla.

Intermean

Something done in the meantime; interlude.

Intermeddler

One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others.

Intermede

A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera.

Intermediae

The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices.

Intermediary

One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between; a mediator.

Intermediate

A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.

intermediate school

A school having grades at a level between the lower primary grades and the upper secondary grades, being variously grades 4 through 6, or grades 7 through 9, etc.

Intermediation

The act of coming between; intervention; mediation; interposition.

Intermembral

Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other.

Intermembranous

Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification.

Interment

The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.

Intermention

To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally.

Intermesenteric

Within the mesentery; as, the intermesenteric, or aortic, plexus.

Intermezzo

An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.

Intermigration

Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration.

Interminable

Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings; an interminable sermon.

Intermine

To intersect or penetrate with mines.

Intermissive

Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.

Intermit

To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever.

Intermittently

With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.

Intermix

To be mixed together; to be intermingled.

Intermixture

A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.

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