Intermittence
In′ter‐mit″tence (?), n. [Cf. F. intermittence.] Act or state of intermitting; intermission. Tyndall.
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In′ter‐mit″tence (?), n. [Cf. F. intermittence.] Act or state of intermitting; intermission. Tyndall.
In′ter‐mit″tent (?), a. [L. intermittens, -entis, p. pr. of intermittere: cf. F. intermittent.] Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermitt...
In′ter‐mit″tent, n.(Med.) An intermittent fever or disease. Dunglison.
In′ter‐mit″tent‐ly, adv. With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.
In′ter‐mit″ting‐ly (?), adv. With intermissions; at intervals. W. Montagu.
In′ter‐mix″ (?), v. t. To mix together; to intermingle.In yonder spring of roses, intermixedWith myrtle, find what to redress till noon. Milton.
In′ter‐mix″, v. i. To be mixed together; to be intermingled.
In′ter‐mix″ed‐ly (?), adv. In a mixed manner.
In′ter‐mix″ture (?; 135), n. 1. A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed. Boyle.2. Admixture; an additional ingredient.In this height of impiety there wanted not an...
In′ter‐mo‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Capacity of things to move among each other; as, the intermobility of fluid particles.
In′ter‐mo‐dil″lion (?), n.(Arch.) The space between two modillions.
In′ter‐mon″tane (?), a. [Pref. inter- + L. montanus belonging to a mountain, fr. mons, montis, mountain.] Between mountains; as, intermontane soil.
In′ter‐mun″dane (?), a. Being, between worlds or orbs. “Intermundane spaces.” Locke.
In′ter‐mun″di‐an (?), a. Intermundane.
In′ter‐mu″ral (?), a. Lying between walls; inclosed by walls.
In′ter‐mure″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Intermured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Intermuring.] [Pref. inter- + L. murus wall.] To wall in; to inclose. Ford.
In′ter‐mus″cu‐lar (?), a.(Anat.) Between muscles; as, intermuscular septa.
In′ter‐mu‐ta″tion (?), n. Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.
In′ter‐mu″tu‐al (?; 135), a. Mutual. Daniel. — In′ter‐mu″tu‐al‐ly, adv.
In‐tern″ (?), a. [L. internus: cf. F. interne. See Internal.] Internal. Howell.
In‐tern″, v. t. [F. interne. See Intern, a.] To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for ...
In‐tern″al (?), a. [L. internus; akin to interior. See Interior.]1. Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; — opposed to external; as, the internal parts ...
In‐ter″nal–com‐bus″tion, a.(Mach.) Designating, or pertaining to, any engine (called an Internal-combustion engine) in which the heat or pressure energy necessary to produce mot...
In′ter‐nal″i‐ty (?), n. The state of being internal or within; interiority.
In‐ter″nal‐ly (?), adv. 1. Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface.2. Hence: Mentally; spiritually. Jer. Taylor.
In′ter‐na″sal (?), a.(Anat.) Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage.
In′ter‐na″tion‐al (?), a. [Pref. inter- + national: cf. F. international.]1. Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more n...