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

They crossed the court-yard, ascended the stairs, passed through some corridors and two interjacent apartments, and arrived at last at the door of the library, which was closed.

From Pepita Ximenez by Valera, Juan

The two men did not see each other until July, when a meeting was arranged at an interjacent village, to which Schiller rode out with the Leipzig friends.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin

Its appearance was such as interjacent Air would have caused, and it exhibited the same Colours.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

These are the Colours on both sides the white when the Paper is held between the Prism and the Point X where the Colours meet, and the interjacent white vanishes.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

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 Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)