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intermediate-value theorem

American  
[in-ter-mee-dee-it-val-yoo] / ˌɪn tərˈmi di ɪtˈvæl yu /

noun

Mathematics.

  1. the theorem that a function continuous between two points and having unequal values, a and b, at the two points takes on all values between a and b.

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