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3. To mix up together; to associate. H. Spencer.

In`ter*fu"sion (?), n. [L. interfusio.] The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused. Coleridge.

In`ter*gan`gli*on"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.

In`ter*glob"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.

In`ter*grave" (?), v. t. [imp. Intergraved (?); p. p. Intergraved or Intergraven (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Intergraving.] To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections.

The work itself of the bases, was intergraven.

3 Kings vii. 28 (Douay version. )

{ In`ter*he"mal, In`ter*hæ"mal } (?), a. (Anat.) Between the hemal arches or hemal spines. -- n. An interhemal spine or cartilage.

In`ter*hy"al (?), a. [Inter- + the Greek letter &?;.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch. -- n. An interhyal ligament or cartilage.

In"ter*im (?), n. [L., fr. inter between + im, an old accusative of is he, this, that.]

1. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.

All the interim is Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream.

Shak.

2. (Hist.) A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.

In*te"ri*or (?), a. [L., compar. fr. inter between: cf. F. intérieur. See Inter- , and cf. Intimate.]

1. Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball.

2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or country.

Interior angle (Geom.), an angle formed between two sides, within any rectilinear figure, as a polygon, or between two parallel lines by these lines and another intersecting them; -- called also internal angle. -- Interior planets (Astron.), those planets within the orbit of the earth. -- Interior screw, a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a nut; a female screw.

Syn. -- Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.

In*te"ri*or, n. 1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.

2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.

Department of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department. -- Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior.

In*te`ri*or"i*ty (?), n. State of being interior.

In*te"ri*or*ly (?), adv. Internally; inwardly.

{ In`ter*ja"cence (?), In`ter*ja"cen*cy (?), } n. [See Interjacent.] The state of being between; a coming or lying between or among; intervention; also, that which lies between.

England and Scotland is divided only by the interjacency of the Tweed.

Sir M. Hale.