interjacent
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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
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Faint vision is when by reason of the distance of the object or grossness of the interjacent medium few rays arrive from the object to the eye.
From A Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision by George Berkeley
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 Sir Isaac Newton
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 Thomas Keightley
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
It was one continuous jungle, except three interjacent glades of narrow limits, which gave us three breathing pauses in the dire task of jungle travelling.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
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