intermean

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ mean.

Noun

intermean (plural intermeans)

1. (obsolete) Something done in the meantime; interlude.
   • 1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     The fourth Intermean after the fourth Act

Adjective

intermean (not comparable)

1. (statistics) Between mean averages.

   intermean distance

Anagrams

• nemertian