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Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.

The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. Gwilt.

The act of coming between; intervention; interference. [Obs.]

Between condyles; as, the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur.

Connection between; mutual connection.

Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.

Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.

A crop grown among or between the rows of another crop; a catch crop.

The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants. We have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses take place with all animals and plants. Darwin.

Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

A passing or running between; occurrence. Boyle.

Running between or among; intervening. Boyle. Bp. Fell.

To dash between or among; to intersperse. Cowper.

Occurring between or among, or common to, different denominations; as, interdenominational fellowship or belief.

Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.

The space between two dentils. Gwilt.

Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.

The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.

Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.

Coming between the equinoxes. Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals. F. Balfour.