interjacent
Americanadjective
adjective
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
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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
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
In the Itinerary of Antoninus, the places, and their interjacent distances are stated as follows, Gaza, 22 M.P.
From Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by Burckhardt, John Lewis
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
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
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