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In`ter*tex" (?), v. t. [L. intertexere; inter between + texere to weave.] To intertwine; to weave or bind together. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

In`ter*tex"ture (?; 135), n. The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven. "Knit in nice intertexture." Coleridge.

Skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs.

Cowper.

In`ter*tho*rac"ic (?), a. In the thorax.

In"ter*tie` (?), n. (Arch.) In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.

In`ter*tis"sued (?), a. Interwoven. [R.] Shak.

In`ter*traf"fic (?), n. Mutual trade of traffic.

In`ter*tran*spic"u*ous (?), a. Transpicuous within or between. [R.] Shelley.

In`ter*trans*verse" (?), a. Between the transverse processes of the vertebræ.

||In`ter*tri"go (?), n. [L., fr. inter between + terere, tritum, to ||rub.] (Med.) A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an ||abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or ||neglected children. || In`ter*tro`chan*ter"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Between the trochanters of the femur.

In`ter*trop"ic*al (?), a. Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse.

In`ter*tu"bu*lar (?), a. Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubular substance.

In`ter*twine" (?), v. t. To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace. Milton.

In`ter*twine", v. i. To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.

In`ter*twine" (?), n. The act of intertwining, or the state of being intertwined. Coleridge.

In`ter*twin"ing*ly (?), adv. By intertwining or being intertwined.

In`ter*twist" (?), v. t. To twist together one with another; to intertwine.

In`ter*twist"ing*ly, adv. By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.

{ In`ter*un"gu*lar (?), In`ter*un"gu*late (?), } a. (Anat.) Between ungulæ; as, interungular glands.

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In"ter*val (?), n. [L. intervallum; inter between + vallum a wall: cf. F. intervalle. See Wall.]

1. A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, A dreadful interval.

Milton.

2. Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II.

3. A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.

4. (Mus.) Difference in pitch between any two tones.