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<hw>In`ter*gan`gli*on"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; <as>as, <ex>interganglionic</ex> cords</as>.</def>

<h1>Interglobular</h1> <Xpage=777>

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

<h1>Intergrave</h1> <Xpage=777>

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

<blockquote>The work itself of the bases, was <b>intergraven</b>. <i>3 Kings vii. 28 (Douay version. )</i></blockquote>

<h1>Interhemal, Interh\'91mal</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw><hw>In`ter*he"mal</hw>, <hw>In`ter*h\'91"mal</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Between the hemal arches or hemal spines.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An interhemal spine or cartilage.</def></def2>

<h1>Interhyal</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In`ter*hy"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Inter-</ets> + the Greek letter <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An interhyal ligament or cartilage.</def></def2>

<h1>Interim</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In"ter*im</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>im</ets>, an old accusative of <ets>is</ets> he, this, that.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.</def>

<blockquote>All the <b>interim</b> is Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Hist.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Interior</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In*te"ri*or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L., compar. fr. <ets>inter</ets> between: cf. F. <ets>int\'82rieur</ets>. See <er>Inter-</er>, and cf. <er>Intimate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to <i>exterior</i>, or <i>superficial</i>; <as>as, the <ex>interior</ex> apartments of a house; the <ex>interior</ex> surface of a hollow ball.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; <as>as, the <ex>interior</ex> parts of a region or country</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Interior angle</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>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 <altname>internal angle</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Interior planets</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>those planets within the orbit of the earth.</cd> -- <col>Interior screw</col>, <cd>a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a nut; a female screw.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.</syn>

<h1>Interior</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In*te"ri*or</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.</def>

<cs><col>Department of the Interior</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Secretary of the Interior</col>, <cd>the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior.</cd></cs>

<h1>Interiority</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In*te`ri*or"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being interior.</def>

<h1>Interiorly</h1> <Xpage=777>

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