a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
Verb
act between parties with a view to reconciling differences "He interceded in the family dispute" "He mediated a settlement"
Adjective
around the middle of a scale of evaluation "an orange of average size" "intermediate capacity" "medium bombers"
lying between two extremes in time or space or state "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands" "intermediate stages in a process" "intermediate stops on the route" "an intermediate range plane"