Definition of between

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Between (prep.) Belonging in common to two; shared by both.

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Drawbar :: Drawbar (n.) An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train..
Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed..
Autumn :: Autumn (n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called the fall. Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November..
Predicrotic :: Predicrotic (a.) A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave..
Defile :: Defile (n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc..
Carry :: Carry (n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage..
Between :: Between (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock..
Focus :: Focus (n.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.
Knacker :: Knacker (n.) One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper..
Silique :: Silique (n.) An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it..
Steel :: Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon..
Helve :: Helve (n.) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Interequinoctial :: Interequinoctial (a.) Coming between the equinoxes.
Malabar :: Malabar (n.) A region in the western part of the Peninsula of India, between the mountains and the sea..
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers..
Interject :: Interject (v. i.) To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose.
Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt..
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever..
Kafir :: Kafir (n.) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs..
Isomorphism :: Isomorphism (n.) A similarity of crystalline form between substances of similar composition, as between the sulphates of barium (BaSO4) and strontium (SrSO4). It is sometimes extended to include similarity of form between substances of unlike composition, which is more properly called homoeomorphism..
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