interjacent

American  

[in-ter-jey-suhnt] / ˌɪn tərˈdʒeɪ sənt /

adjective

1. between or among others; intervening; intermediate.

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interjacent British  

/ ˌɪntəˈdʒeɪsənt /

adjective

1. located in between; intervening

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Other Word Forms

• interjacence noun

Etymology

Origin of interjacent

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

Example Sentences

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

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

The interjacent valley is of small hills, vallies, and plains, reddish, gravelly, and originally poor, but fertilized by art, and covered with corn, vines, olives, figs, almonds, mulberries, lucerne, and clover.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

In the end of June, he issued from Stettin; took the interjacent outpost places; and then opened ground before Stralsund, where, in a few days more, the Danes joined him.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Carlyle, Thomas

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