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
Example Sentences
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It is ground separated from home by an interjacent state, whose territory we have had to cross in order to reach it.
From The Art of War by Sunzi (6th cent. BC)
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 Berkeley, George
No; for two English line-of-battle ships, the Theseus and the Tiger, were cruising in the offing, and watching the interjacent seas of Egypt and Syria.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
Their cavalry and chariots of war filled the interjacent field with great tumult and boundings to and fro.
From The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola by Gordon, Thomas
His short visit of thirty days was employed in viewing the monuments of art and power which were scattered over the seven hills and the interjacent valleys.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Milman, Henry Hart
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