intermediacy
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As the number of duplicate determiners increases it can be readily seen that the number of apparent blends of different degrees of intermediacy between the two extremes would rapidly increase.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. Guyer
This intermediacy has doubtful significance, because fin-size in Rhinichthys varies greatly with body-size, sex, and probably with the state of sexual development.
From Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) by Frank B. Cross
Seemingly, features of color mentioned above as diagnostic of the two subspecies are either present or absent and there is no tendency toward intermediacy in color in the population from 3 mi.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Robert L. Packard
Her looks asked him to forgive her for having dared, by Natasha's intermediacy, to remind him of his promise, and then thanked him for his love.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
Several of the aspirants to Ice-Heart's hand had been chosen by them and conveyed to the neighborhood of the palace by their intermediacy from remote lands.
From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer