interjacent
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of interjacent
1585–95; < Latin interjacent- (stem of interjacēns ) present participle of interjacēre to lie between. See inter-, adjacent
Example Sentences
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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.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler
By looking through the two contiguous Object-glasses, I found that the interjacent Air exhibited Rings of Colours, as well by transmitting Light as by reflecting it.
From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir
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.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
Lying at a distance of six miles from Mount Tabor, it commanded the interjacent plain and the sea-coast to Acre.
From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas
Highlands of Scotland, and the interjacent Isle of Man.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
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