intersegmental 
intersegmental (in-ter-seg'men-tal), a. 
3155 
[< L. intersperse (in-ter-npere'), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
interstratify 
tere, pp. interstitvs, stand between, < inter, be- 
inter, between, + .icijmentum, segment, + -al.] interspersed, ppr. interspersing. '[^ L. interiiper- tween,"+ sislere, stand : see sist, assist, etc. ] 1. 
Pertaining to two or more Hi'i'iiicnN: situated sus, ppr. of intersperyere, scatter or sprinkle An intervening space; an opening; especially, 
between, separating, or connecting segments: between or among, < inter, between, + spar- a small or narrow space between apposed sur- 
ns, an jnterav/meMto/ septum between myotomw gere, scatter, sprinkle : see spa me. Cf. asperse, faces or things; a gap, chink, slit, crevice, or 
disperse.] 1. To scatter between; place here 
or other metameric parts. 
interseminatet (in-U'T-sem'i-nat), v. t. [< L. 
iiiii'i'xi-miiKitu.i, pp. of intersriiiinare, sow be- 
tween or at intervals, < inter, between, + seini- 
inirc, sow: see seminate.] To sow between or 
among. SuiU-i/, I7:d. 
interseptal (iu-ter-sep'tal), a. [< inter- + sep- 
tum + -al.] Situated between septa. 
The interruption of the cavities of the locnll lin Octn- 
coratla] may be more complete by the fonnatiun of Bhelvea 
. cranny, 
;uid there among other things: as, to inter- 
sperse shrubs among trees. 
There, iiitrrnperitd in lawns and opening glades, 
Thin tree* arise, that shun each outer's shades. 
Pope, Windsor Forest, 1. 21. 
2. To diversify by scattering or disposing va- 
rious objects here and there. 
The actors . . . iiitersperned their hymns with sarcastic 
Jokes and altercation. Qvldsmiih, Origin of Poetry. 
Set. . . . Texture woven with large interstices or 
meshes, used commonly as a snare for animals. . . . Any. 
thing made with Interstitial vacuities. . . . Xetnork. . . . 
Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, 
with interstices between the Intersections. 
Johnson, Dictionary. 
I will point out the interstice* of time which ought to be 
between one citation and another. Aylife, Parergon. 
Every change of atmospheric pressure produces, from 
he 
stretching from septum to septum, but lying at different Intarsnprsirm fin tftr snAr'shorO t f( intfr 
heights in adjacent locull. These are interseutal dlsscpi- in^rspersion (in- snonj, w. |^ tnter- 
Uuxley, Encyc. Brit., 1. 130. sperse + -ton. Cf. asjterston, dispersion, etc.] 
The act of interspersing, scattering, or placing 
here and there. 
These sentiments have obtained almost in all ages and 
day to day, exits or entrances of the air into all the ittter- 
stices of the soil. H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., |7. 
2. In canon law, the interval of time required 
for promotion from a lower to a higher degree 
of orders. 
intersticed (in'ter-stist or in-tir'stist), a. [< 
interstice + -ed%.] Having an interstice or in- 
terstices: as, an intersticed ceiling; intersticed 
columns. 
incuts. 
intersertt (in-ter-serf), v. t. [< L. intersertux, 
pp. of interserere (> It. interserire = Sp. inter- 
serir), put or place between, < inter, between, 
+ ,m^join, P weave: see series. Cf. inert.] SSB-ttf^^SSSW 
adJS"*^ r 86t r PUt ^ betW6en Other For want of the interspersion of now * ^ . 
""W- glack or a lyrlck ode. Watts, Improvement of Mind, interstinctivet (m-ter-stingk'tlv), a. [< L. in- 
If I may intersert a short speculation. Brerewood. interspicular (in-ter-spik'u-lar), a [< inter- terstinctus, pp. of interstinguere, separate, di- 
intersertiont (in-ter-ser'shon), . [< L. as if + spicule + -ai-s.] Situated between or among 7 1 e> a 18 * 1 , 11 ?". 1811 ' mark off b y pricking, < inter, 
"intcrertio(n-), < interserere, put or place be- spicules, as of a sponge. between, + stinauere, pnck: see distinguish, ex- 
tween: see i terser*.] The act of inserting be- interspinal (in-ter-spi'nal), a. [= It.inter#j>- ***] stinguishing; dividing, 
tweeu other things, or that which is inserted. nale, < NL. interspinalis, < L. inter, between, 
+ spina, spine : see spinal.] In anat., situ- 
ated between spines that is, between spi- 
nous processes of successive vertebne : as, an 
-..._,-. interspinal muscle. 
set or put between. Daniel, Civil Wars, viii. interspinalis (in'ter-spi-na'lis), .; pi. inter- interstitial (in-ter-stish'al), a. [< L. intersti- 
mtersnockt (in-ter-shok'), . (. [< inter- + spinales (-lez). [NL.: see interspinal.] One of <"'". interstice, + -al.] 1. Pertaining to, situ- 
Daniel, Chorus a number of small muscles situated between "*" J : " "~ " * : *"* : :-i " 
the spinous processes of any two contiguous 
[< L. in- vertebras. 
The bu ' ness o 
' lo " k the f " Toar of 
, 
er then 
umb. Eemonst. 
<i . w , 
holy and ancient. JMton, On Def. o 
intersett (in-ter-sef ),.. [< infer- + se<l.] To 
e used; and what care is taken of the 
Points , ; : . 
WaUit, To Dr. Smith (Aubrey's Letters, I. 78). 
shock\.] To shock mutually. 
in Philotas. 
intersidereal (in'ter-si-de're-al), a. 
. 
i'i; between, + siting (sirfer-), star: seesidereal.] interspinous (in-ter-spi'nus), a. 
Situated between or among the stars; inter- 
stellar: as, intersidereal space. 
intersocial (in-ter-so'shal), a. [< inter- + so- 
cial. ] Pertaining to intercourse or association ; 
having mutual relations or intercourse ; social. 
[Rare.] 
intersomnious (in-ter-som'ni-us), a. [< L. in- 
ter, between, + somnus, sleep: see somnolent.] 
Occurring between periods of sleep; done or 
happening in a wakeful interval. Dublin Her. 
[Rare.] 
intersonant (in-ter'so-nant), n. [< L. interso- 
[< L. inter, 
Situ- 
between, + spina, spine: . _._, 
ated between spines; interspinal. Specifically ap- 
plied in Ichthyology to certain bones of the dorsal fin of a 
teleost fish which are developed between the spines of the 
vertebne. See the quotation. See also shackle-joint. 
When the dorsal fin exists In the trunk, its rays are 
articulated with, and supported by, elongated and pointed 
bones the interspinous bones. . . . Not unfrequently, 
the articulation between the fin-rays and the interspinmis 
bone is effected by the Interlocking of two rings, one be- 
longing to the base of the fin-ray and its included dermal 
cartilage, the other to the summit of the interspinous bone 
like the adjacent links of a chain. 
Huxley, Anat Vert, p. 131. 
W, ppr. of inter'son'are, sound between or interspirationt (in'ter-spi-ra'shon), w. [< L 
, < inter, between, + sonare, sound: see interspiratio(n-), < interspirare, fetch breath be- 
among, 
sonant.] Sounding between. Imp. Diet. 
intersourt (iu-ter-sour'), r. t. [< inter- + sour.] 
To mix with something sour. Daniel, Octavia 
to M. Antonius. 
interspace (in'tfir-spas), n. [< ME. entcrspace, 
< LL. interspatium, space between, interval, < 
. 
tween, < inter, between, + spirare, breathe: 
see spirant. Cf. inspiration, etc.] A breath- 
ing-spell ; an interval of rest or relief. 
What gracious respites are here, what favourable inter- 
tpirations, as if God bade me to recollect myself. 
Up. Hall, Satan's Fiery Darts Quenched, 11. 
L. inter, between, + spatium, space: see space.] interstaminal (in-ter-stam'i-nal), a. [< L. - 
1. A space between objects; an intervening ter, between, + stamen, a thread (NL. stamen), 
space ; an interval. + -ai.] i n hot., situated between the stamens. 
Thyne (interspace in oon raaner thou kepe. Thomas, Med. Diet. [Rare.] 
Palladia,, Husbondrie (E. E. f. 8.), p. 47. interstate (in'ter-stat), a. [< inter- + state.] 
Posteriorly to the mouth, we come, in the larva, to a ra- 
ther wide interspace without any apparent articulation or 
organ 
ated in, or constituting an interstice or inter- 
stices: as, interstitial change. 
Bow many chasms he would find of wide and continued 
vacuity, and how many interstitial spaces unfilled, even 
in the most tumultuous hurries of business. 
Johnton, Rambler, No. 8. 
These snatches and interstitial spaces moments literal 
and fleet these are all the chances that we can borrow 
or create for the luxury of learning. 
R. Choate, Addresses, p. 211. 
2. In entom., situated between strite, etc. : as, 
interstitial punctures on the elytra of beetles. 
Interstitial emphysema. See emphysema. Inter- 
stitial growth or absorption (as of boneX growth or 
absorption taking place throughout the substance of the 
organ, and not merely on its surface. Interstitial In- 
flammation, Inflammation in which the morbid changes 
are diffuse and involve mainly the interstitial connective 
tissue, as distinct both from a circumscribed abscess and 
from parenchymatous inflammation. In this sense we 
have such terms as interstitial hepatitis, interstitial ne- 
phritis, interstitial pneumonia. Interstitial lines, In 
entom., the spaces between strise. Interstitial tissue, 
the fine connective tissue which occurs between the cells 
of other tissues and binds them together and supports 
their blood- and lymph-vessels, 
interstitially (in-ter-stish'al-i), adv. In or by 
interstices ; in interstitial spaces. 
It [water] may be deposited inters! itially. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., f 303. 
This thickening takes place . . . intertKKatty. 
R. Benttey, Botany, p. 19. 
Chalcedonlc quartz Is also present, sometimes intersti 
tially. Qtol. Jour., XLIV. 86. 
where never creeps a cloud. 
Tennyson, Lucretius. 
Specifically 2. In . f ntom., the space between 
two longitudinal veins or yeinlets of the wings : 
used especially in describing the Lepidoptera. 
Existing or taking place between different 
"Darwin flrrine D 26 states, or persons in different states; especial- interstitiont, [ME., < L. interstitio(n-), a 
Th i,, n M .(~~ lv > carri ed on between the States of the Ameri- pause, interval, < iiitentistere, pause : see inter- 
can Union, or by persons in one State with per- Htafc] T^t^ai 
sons in another.- Interstate commerce. See ann- 
merce. Interstate Commerce Commission, a body 
of five commlsslonera appointed by the President of the 
United States and confirmed by the Senate, under act 
of Congress of February 4th, 1887. The commission Is 
charged with the regulation of the business of common 
carriers as provided for under this act, with the Invest!- interstratiflcation 
/ *rr - - ---^ v i.- ~^.~~,...j gation of complaints, and is required to render an annual 
1 o make or fill the space between ; occupy the report to the Department of the Interior, 
interval between. interstellar (in-ter-stel'ar), a. [<L. inter, be- 
Fog and storms blur the glory of the sky, and foul days tween,+ Stella, star: see Stella.] Existing be- 
. . . interspace the bright and fair. tween stars; situated among the stars: as, in- 
Bushntll, Nature and the Supernal., p. 192. terstellar spaces or worlds. 
DlaUnuml 8 ' "'' CUlar """^^(..f/STTTO M" Suc , h comeU! M haTe - b / " Section through the lether, 
Elect. Rev. (Eng.), XXIV. 58. f or i on g time wandered through the celestial or inter- 
interspatial (in-ter-spa'shal), . [< LL. inter- *<Kar part of the universe. Boyle, Worka, I. 379. 
simtitim, interspace, + -at'.] Of or pertaining interstellary (in-ter-stel'a-ri), a. Same as in- 
to an interspace; in entom., situated on the in- terstellar. 
terspaces of the wing: as, iitterspatial dots. intersternal (in-ter-ster'nal), a. [< inter- + 
interspatially (in-ter-spa'shal-i), adi: In the sternum + -al.] 1. In anat., situated between 
interspace or interspaces; in entom., so as to the pieces of which the breast-bone is corn- 
correspond to the interspaces of an insect's 
wing: as, a mark interxpatMly angulated. 
interspecific (in'ter-epe-sif 'ik), a. [< inter- + 
"I" iv/iV.] Existing between species. 
Interval. 
The first e periferie of all 
Engendreth mist, and ouermore 
The dewes, and the frostea hore, 
After thilke intersticion, 
In whiche thei take Impression. 
dower, Conf. Amant, vll. 
(in-ter-strat'i-fi-ka'shon), 
[< interstratify : see -fication.] The state 
of being interstratified, or of lying between 
other strata; in geol., the condition of a bed, 
stratum, or member of an aqueous deposit, 
with reference to the overlying and underly- 
ing beds. 
The interstratijication ... of loess with layers of pumice 
and volcanic ashes. 
Sir C. LyeU, Manual of Elem. Geology, x. 
interstratified (in-ter-strat'i-fid), a. [< infer- 
stratify + -ed?.] Inclosed between or alternat- 
ing with other strata ; forming part of a group 
of stratified rocks. Also interbedded. 
- - . . 
posed: as, an intersternal articulation. 2 mterstratlfy (m-ter-strat'i-fi),r.; pret. and pp. 
' 
. 
In zool., situated between the sternites or in- 
PP r - wtcrstratifyina. [< inter- 
feromedian parts of the successive somites of strati fy.-] 1._trans. Ingeo?., to cause to occupy 
an arthropod. 
As the description of the relations of organs character- 
ized the physiology of the individual, so that of interspe- 
cific adaptations is the physiology of the race. 
When the abdomen la made straight. It will be found 
that these intersternal membranes are stretched as far as 
they will yield. Huxley, Crayfish, p. 97. 
Nature, xxxix. 287. interstice (in'ter-stis or in-ter'stis), n. [< F. 
interspeecn(iu'ter-spech).. [*- +HMM&.] interstice = Sp. Pg. iiiterstieio = It. interstizio, 
A speech interposed between others. Blount. < L. interstitium, a space between, < intersis- 
a position among or between other strata; in- 
termix as regards strata. 
Adjacent to Milford the red sand Is abundantly inter- 
stratified with the white, with which are also occasional 
seams of coarse pebble*. 
Amer. Jour. Sd., 3d sen, XXIX 42. 
Dolomttic limestone is inientratifted with the gneisaic 
rock*. Nature, XXX. 45. 
