interjacent

[ in-ter-jey-suhnt ]

adjective

1. between or among others; intervening; intermediate.

interjacent

/ ˌɪntəˈdʒeɪsənt /

adjective

1. located in between; intervening

Other Words From

• inter·jacence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interjacent¹

1585–95; < Latin interjacent- (stem of interjacēns ) present participle of interjacēre to lie between. See inter-, adjacent

Word History and Origins

Origin of interjacent¹

C16: from Latin interjacēnt-, from interjacēre, from inter- + jacēre to lie

Example Sentences

Lying at a distance of six miles from Mount Tabor, it commanded the interjacent plain and the sea-coast to Acre.

From Project Gutenberg

Interjacent, in-tėr-jā′sent, adj. lying between: intervening.—n.

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It was one continuous jungle, except three interjacent glades of narrow limits, which gave us three breathing pauses in the dire task of jungle-traveling.

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He commanded another to be made over the breadth of the kingdom, leading from Menevia, that was situated upon the Demetian Sea, to Hamo's Port, and to pass through the interjacent cities.

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The change may be observed taking place in the region of North-West America peopled by the Thlinket, Haida and Salish tribes; the first are pure totemists, the last have arrived, practically, in the south, at the modern family, while a curious intermediate stage pervades the interjacent region.

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