interjacent

English

WOTD – 21 December 2011

Etymology

From Latin inter- (“between”) + jacēre (“to lie down”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəɹˈd͡ʒeɪsənt/
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Adjective

interjacent (not comparable)

Situated between; lying among.
- 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
  The interjacent islands between Asia and America admit his passing from one continent to the other […]

Coordinate terms

intervening

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

situated between

Bulgarian: преходен (bg) (prehoden)
Finnish: välinen (fi), väli- (fi), välissä oleva
German: dazwischenliegend
Ido: interjacanta (io)
Russian: промежу́точный (ru) (promežútočnyj), находящийся (ru) (naxodjaščijsja) ме́жду (ru) (méždu)

Latin

Verb

interjacent

third-person plural present active indicative of interjaceō

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