- Between two points - Compromise, meet ... - In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly;
partially; as, he halfway yielded. - Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an
intermediate point; midway.
- The space between two nodes or points of the stem from
which the leaves properly arise. - A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one
of the phalanges.
- Head off - Prevent from continuing to a destination - To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the
destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a
letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris. - To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to
hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river. - To interrupt communication with, or progress toward;
to cut off, as the destination; to blockade. - To include between; as, that part of the line which
is intercepted between the points A and B. - A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line
included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
- Alt. of Catenarian - The curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density
and perfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of
suspension, not in the same vertical line.