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intermedial

/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əl/

intermedial adjective: placed between; intermediate.

intermedial: Rows of empty red velvet theater seats arranged in a curved pattern
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Adjective

intermedial (not comparable)

  1. Placed between; intermediate.
    • The firſt and principal manner of Dravving is that vvith the pen; the next vvith Crayon, vvhither black, vvhite, red or any of the intermedial colours, upon paper either vvhite or colour'd: […]1662, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Of Drawing, and Design prævious to the Art of Chalcography; and of the Use of Pictures in Order to the Education of Children”, in Sculptura: Or The History, and Art of...
  2. That combines several art media.
    • Dr. Katia Arfara received her PhD in Art History from Paris I in 2006 with a focus on the intermedial relations between visual and performing arts since the 1960s.2010, Sarah Bay-Cheng, Chiel Kattenbelt, Andy Lavender, Mapping Intermediality in Performance, page 283

Origin of intermedial

From Latin intermedius + -al. By surface analysis, inter- + medial.

Words formed from intermedial

Words that rhyme with intermedial

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Questions about intermedial

What does intermedial mean?
Intermedial means placed between; intermediate.
What part of speech is intermedial?
Intermedial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce intermedial?
Intermedial is pronounced /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əl/.

Words near intermedial in the dictionary

  1. intermedes
  2. intermedia
  3. intermediacies
  4. intermediacy
  5. intermediae
  6. intermedial
  7. intermediale
  8. intermediales
  9. intermediality
  10. intermedian
  11. intermediaries

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