interstratify 3156 Interval 
But interttratified with these [sandstones and shales] are intertransversalis (in4er-trans-ver-8a'lis), .; intertwistingly a^*fwitiali)> adv. 
By 
tra. 
intersynapticular (in-ter-sin-ap-tik'u-lar), a. 
[< inter- + synapticula + -ar s .] Situated be- 
tween or among synapticulaa. 
These ligaments passing down through the intersynap- 
xxvifsos: intertransversus (in*ter-trans-ver'sus), .; pi. 
many" beds containing marine fossils. \~intertransversales (-lez). [NL., < intertrans- intertwisting or being intertwisted. 
A. H. Green, Phys. Geol., p. 302. * ersus v -j In maL> one o f a 8e ries of mus- interunion (in-ter-u'nyon), n. [< inter- + 
II. intrans. To assume a position between c i eg situated between the transverse processes union.] An interblending. [Bare.] 
or among other strata. of successive vertebras. The . . . more eloquent interunion of human voices in 
interstrial (in-t6r-stri'al), a. [< inter- + stria i n t e rtransversarius(in-ter-trans-ver-sa'ri-us), the choir. G. W. Cable, Creole Days, p. 18. 
+ -al.] In entom., situated between striaa; in- B . p\. intertmnsversarii (-i). [NL.,< intertrans- interval (in'ter-val), n. [Formerly also inter- 
terstitial: as, interstrial punctures on the ely- versus, q. v.] Same as intertransversalis. vail; = P. interval^ = Pr. entreval = Sp. inter- 
intertransverse (in"ter-trans-vers'), a. [< NL. V alo = Pg. It. intervallo, < L. intervallum, space 
intertransversus, q. v.] Situated between the between, interval, distance, interval of time, 
transverse processes of successive vertebras : pause, difference, lit. space between two pali- 
specifically applied to ligaments and muscles sa des or walls, < inter, between, 4- vallum, pali- 
of the spinal column so placed. sade, wall: see wall 1 .] 1. A vacant or unob- 
structed space between points or objects ; an 
intervening vacancy ; an open reach or stretch 
between limits: as, the intervals between the 
ranks of an army. 
Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, 
A dreadful interval. Milton, P. L., vi. 105. 
2. Specifically, a low level tract of land, as 
along a river, between hills, etc. Also inter- 
vale. [U. 8.] 
The winding Pemigewasset, . . . 
. . . whitening down its rocks, 
Or lazily gliding through its intervals. 
WhitOer, Bridal of Pennacook. 
In a green rolling internal, planted with noble trees and 
flanked by moderate hills, stands the vast white caravan- 
sary. . C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 210. 
There was no wind, except in the open glades between 
the woods, where the frozen lakes spread out like meadow 
intervals. B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 22. 
3. Any dividing tract in space, time, or de- 
separating reach or stretch of any kind : with 
reference either to the space itself or to the 
points of separation or division : as, an interval 
intertransversi (-si). [NL.,< L. inter, between, + 
transversus, transverse : see transverse.] Same 
as intertransversalis. 
The anterior lymph-heart ; lying in an interspace be- 
tween the small muscles (intertramversi). 
Huxley and Martin, Elementary Biology, p. 95. 
intertalkt (in-ter-tak'), v. i. [< inter- + talk.] 
To talk to one another; exchange conversa- 
tion. 
Among the myrtles as I walk'd, 
Love and my sighs thus intertalk'd. 
Carew, Enquiry. 
intertable (in-ter-tang'gl), . t. ; j.ret. and pp. ^^^Cfafe 
tribes; passing from tribe to tribe: as, inter- 
tribal war or commerce. 
It must ever be borne in mind that African slavery is of 
two distinct kinds : first, inland or intertribal slavery or 
serviture, which ... is the normal condition of all rude 
[Formerly also 
To intertwist ; 
intertangled, ppr. intertangling. 
entertangle; < inter- + tangle.] 
tangle together. 
Now also haue ye in euery song or ditty Concorde by 
compasse & Concorde entertangled and a mixt of both. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 69. 
Their intertangled roots of love. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, i. 3. 
intertarsal (in-ter-tar'sal), a. [< inter- + tar- 
sus + -al.] 1. Situated between the proximal 
and distal rows of tarsal bones ; mediotarsal : 
as, the intertarsal joint of a bird or a reptile. 
2. Situated between or among any tarsal 
bones: as, intertarsal ligaments. 
intertentacular (in"ter-ten-tak'u-lar), a. [< L. 
inter, between, 4- NL. tentaculum, tentacle, + 
-ar 3 .] Placed between tentacles. Intertentacu- 
lar organ of Farre, a ciliated passage opening between 
two tentacles of the lophophore in Membranipora, Alcyo- 
nidimn, and other forms of polyzoans. 
intertergal (in-ter-ter'gal), a. [< L. inter, be- 
tween, + tergum, back, + -al.] Situated be- 
tween successive terga or tergites of an ar- 
thropod. 
The transparent layer of the cuticle and the uppermost 
layer of the cells of the hypodermis are continued into the 
intertergal membrane. Micros. Science, XXIX. iii. 230. 
interterritorial (in-ter-ter-i-to'ri-al), a. [< in- 
ter- + territory + -al.] Between or among ter- 
ritories, or the people of different territories, 
nations divided into petty contiguous tribes. 
Nineteenth Century, XXIV. 443. 
intertrigo (in-ter-tri'go), . [L., a chafing or 
galling of the skin in riding, walking, etc., < 
inter, between, + terere, pp. tritus, rub: see 
trite.] A slight inflammation of the skin, oc- 
curring in creases or folds where one part of 
skin rubs on another. B. W. Richardson, Pre- 
vent. Med., p. 252. 
intertroclianteric (in-ter-tro-kan-ter'ik), a. [< 
between two troehanters: specifically applied 
to a line or ridge between the greater and the 
lesser trochanter of the femur. See cut under 
trochanter. 
The posterior intertrochanteric ridge. 
N. Y. Med. Jour., XL. 621. 
intertrochlear (in-ter-trok'le-ar), a. [< inter- 
+ trochlear.] Fitting into the middle of a 
trochlear or pulley-like surface of a joint: as, 
the intertrochlear ridge along the greater sig- 
moid cavity of the ulna. 
A tongue and groove i" intertrochlear crest") in the el- 
bow-Joint. E. D. Cope, Origin of the Fittest, p. 348. 
A call for an inter-territorial convention of the four j,.*.*., 4>i>nni/al /in toi trrm'i lrnT\ n V< inter- + 
north-western Territories -the two Dakotahs, Montana, intertropical (m-ter-trop 1-^ 
and Washington. Philadelphia Ledger, Dec. 4, 1888. tropic + -al.] Situated between the tropics. 
intertext (in-ter-teks'), v.t. [< L. intertexere, in- 
terweave, intertwine, < inter, between, + tex- 
ere ; weave: see text.] To interweave; inter- 
twine. 
Lilies and roses, flowers of either sex, 
The bright bride's path, embellished more than thine, 
With light of love this pair doth intertex. 
Round many intertropical islands, . . . the bottom of 
the sea is entirely coated by irregular masses of coral. 
Darwin, Coral Reefs, p. 79. 
Intertropical portions of the old world. Science, III. 606. 
intertubular (in-ter-tu'bu-lar), a. [< inter- + 
tubule + -ar$.] Situated between tubes: as, 
the intertubular cells. 
B. Jonson, Underwoods, xciv. interturtt, v. t. [< L. interturbare. disturb 
intertexture (in-ter-teks'tur), n. [< intertex, 
after texture.] The act of interweaving; the 
condition of being interwoven ; joint or com- 
bined texture. 
by interruption,< inter, between, + turbare, dis- 
turb, trouble: see trouble, disturb.] To dis- 
turb. 
Even so do I interturb and trouble you with my bab- 
bling. J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 22. 
They understood not the salt and ingenuity of a witty . 
and useful answer or reply, as is to be seen in the inter- mtertUTbert, n. A disturber. 
textures of Aristophanes' comedies._ The world perc ase fantazlng us to be an interturber of 
the peace rather than an indifferent mediator. 
Henry VIII., To Wyatt, May, 1538. 
Jer. Taylor, Works, I. xxiii. 
And the close intertexture of the several parts is as strong 
a proof,of unity in the design and execution as the intense j ntertwine (in-ter-twin'), v. ; pret. and pp. in- 
tertwined, ppr. intertwining. [< inter- + twine, 
v.] I. trans. To unite by twining or twisting 
one with another; interlace. 
Wherever, under some concourse of shades, 
Whose branching arms thick intertwined might shield 
From dews and damps of night his shelter'd head. 
Muton, P. E,,iv. 405. 
II. intrans. To twine together; be inter- 
woven : as, intertwining vines. 
My dwelling stands a sweet recluse abode ! 
And o'er my darken'd casement intertwine 
life and consistency in the conception of Achilles. 
De Quincey, Homer, iii. 
intertidal (in-ter-t!'dal), a. [< inter- + tide + 
-al.] Living between nigh-water mark and low- 
water mark. 
At low tide the limpet (being a strictly intertidal organ- 
ism) is exposed to the air. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 648. 
intertie (in'ter-ti), n. [< inter- + tie.] A short 
piece of timber used in roofing, and in timber- 
framing generally, to bind upright posts toge- 
ther. 
intertissuedt (in-ter-tish'ijd), a. [< inter- + 
tissued.] Same as etitertissutd. 
intertrabecular (in"ter-tra-bek'u-lar), a. [< in- intertwine (iu'ter-twin), n. 
ter- + trabecula + -ar$.] Situated between the 
cranial trabecute. 
intertraffic (in'ter-traf-ik), n. [< inter- + traf- 
fic, n.] Traffic between two or more persons 
or places ; reciprocal trade. 
intertraffic (in-ter-traf 'ik), v. i. ; pret. and pp. 
intertrafficked, ppr. intertrafficking. [< inter- + 
traffic, v.] To trade together. 
And intertrajficke with them, tunne for pound. 
Dames, Microcosmos, p. 61. 
intertranspicuous (in"ter-trans-pik'u-us), a. 
[< inter- 4- transpicuous.] Transpicuous be- 
tween. Shelley. [Rare.] 
The fragrant briar, the woodbine, and the vine. 
Scott, Eclogues, i. 
[< intertwine, v.] 
A mutual or reciprocal twining or winding. 
[Rare.] 
Ill 
Such intertwine beseems triumphal wreaths 
Strewed before thy advancing. 
Coleridge, To Wordsworth. 
mtertwiningly(in-ter-tw!'ning-li),acfc. By in- 
tertwining or being intertwined. 
intertwist (in-ter-twisf), v. t. [< inter- + 
twist.] To twist one with another; twist or 
twine together. 
Ye, with your tough and intertu'isted roots, 
Grasp the firm rocks ye sprung from. 
W. Mason, Caractacus. 
an interval in conversation with music ; an in- 
terval of ease or of relapse in disease ; a lucid 
interval in delirium ; to set trees at intervals of 
fifty feet: to breathe only at long intervals; the 
clock strikes at intervals of an hour. 
This is the freshest, the most bnsie and stirring intermit 
or time betweene. that husbandmen have. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xviii. 26. 
Short as the internal is since I last met you In this place 
on a similar occasion, the events which have filled up that 
interval have not been unimportant. Canning. 
There seems to be no interval between greatness and 
meanness. Emerson, Heroism. 
4. Specifically, in entom., one of the spaces be- 
tween longitudinal striaa of the elytra. When the 
strise are regular, both they and the intervals are 
numbered from the suture outward. 5. In mu- 
sic, the difference or distance in pitch between 
two tones. If the tones are sounded simultaneously, 
the interval is harmonic ; if successively, melodic. An in- 
terval is acoustically described by the ratio between the 
vibration-numbers of the two tones : thus, an octave is 
represented by the ratio 2 : 1 ; a fifth, by the ratio 3 : 2, etc. 
Musically the intervals between the key-note of a major 
scale and its several tones are regarded as the standards 
with which all possible intervals are compared and from 
which they are named. The standard intervals are as fol- 
lows: do to do (C to C, F to F, etc.) Is called a first, prime, 
or unison; do to re (C to D, F to G, etc.), a second; do to 
mi (C to E, F to A, etc.), a third; do to fa (C to F, F to 
Bb, etc.), a fourth; do to do' (C to C, F to F', etc.), an 
eighth or octave, etc. These intervals are usually further 
designated thus : standard firsts, fourths, fifths, and oc- 
taves are perfect; standard seconds, thirds, sixths, sev- 
enths, ninths, etc., are major. If an interval is a half-step 
longer than the corresponding standard interval, it is called 
augmented (or sharp, superfluous, extreme, redundant): 
thus, do to f (C to FJ, F to BB, etc.) is an augmented fourth; 
do to li (C to AJ, F to D& etc.) is an augmented sixth, if 
an interval is a half-step shorter than the corresponding 
major interval, it is called minor (or flat): thus, do to me 
(C to E(j, F to A);, etc.) is a minor third, etc. If an inter- 
val is a half -step shorter than the corresponding perfect 
or minor interval, it is called diminished : thus, do to sofl> 
(C to GK, F to Ch, etc.) is a diminished fifth (also called im- 
perfect) ; di tote (CJt to Ah, FJJ to Dh, etc.) is a diminished 
sixth, etc. (This nomenclature is ooviously inconsistent, 
and another is also in use, according to which all standard 
intervals are called major, all a half-step longer than the 
corresponding major intervals are called augmented, all a 
half-step shorter than the corresponding major are called 
minor, and all a half-step shorter than the corresponding 
minor are called diminished.) A given interval is mea- 
sured and named by comparison with a major scale based 
on the lower tone of the interval. Intervals not greater 
than an octave are called simple ; those greater than an 
octave, compound compound intervals being reducible 
to simple ones by subtracting one or more octaves. When 
the upper tone of a simple interval is transposed an octave 
downward or its lower tone an octave upward, the inter- 
val is said to be inverted : inverted firsts become octaves, 
seconds become sevenths, thirds become sixths, etc. ; and 
perfect intervals remain perfect, major intervals become 
minor, minor intervals become major, augmented inter- 
vals become diminished, and diminished intervals become 
augmented. Intervals are consonant or dissonant : the per- 
fect consonances are standard firsts, fourths, fifths, and 
octaves ; the imperfect consonances are major or minor 
thirds and sixths ; and the dissonances are major or minor 
seconds and sevenths, with all augmented and diminished 
