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intermedial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əl/
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Etymology

From Latin intermedius + -al. By surface analysis, inter- + medial.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Placed between; intermediate.
    • The firſt and principal manner of Dravving is that vvith the pen; the next vvith Crayon, vvhither black, vvhite, red or any of the intermedial colours, upon paper either vvhite or colour'd: […] 1662, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Of Drawing, and Design prævious to the Art of Chalcography; and of the Use of Pictures in Order to the Education of Children”, in Sculptura: Or The History, and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper. […], London: […] J[ames] C[ottrel] for G. Beedle [i.e., Gabriel Bedell], and T[homas] Collins, […], and J[ohn] Crook […], →OCLC, book I, page 107:
  2. (not-comparable) That combines several art media.
    • Dr. Katia Arfara received her PhD in Art History from Paris I in 2006 with a focus on the intermedial relations between visual and performing arts since the 1960s. 2010, Sarah Bay-Cheng, Chiel Kattenbelt, Andy Lavender, Mapping Intermediality in Performance, page 283:

Deriveds

intermediality