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Meaning of "intermontane" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERMONTANE

intermontane  [ˌɪntəmɒnˈteɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERMONTANE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intermontane is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INTERMONTANE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Intermontane

Intermontane is a physiographic adjective formed from the prefix "inter-" and the adjective "montane" The corresponding physiographic noun is intermountain, while the noun intermontane is an ecologic noun meaning among, between, amid, or within "flora and fauna of a montane habitat." As an example, an alpine region would be an intermontane for a species that migrates between a glacial region and a subalpine region.

Definition of intermontane in the English dictionary

The definition of intermontane in the dictionary is occurring or situated between mountain ranges.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTERMONTANE


appertain
ˌæpəˈteɪn
Aquitaine
ˌækwɪˈteɪn
ascertain
ˌæsəˈteɪn
attain
əˈteɪn
contain
kənˈteɪn
detain
dɪˈteɪn
distain
dɪsˈteɪn
entertain
ˌɛntəˈteɪn
Fonteyn
fɒnˈteɪn
huitain
wiːˈteɪn
maintain
meɪnˈteɪn
obtain
əbˈteɪn
pertain
pəˈteɪn
preobtain
ˌpriːəbˈteɪn
reattain
ˌriːəˈteɪn
reobtain
ˌriːəbˈteɪn
retain
rɪˈteɪn
state-maintained
ˌsteɪtˈmeɪnˈteɪn
transmontane
ˌtrænzmɒnˈteɪn
ultramontane
ˌʌltrəmɒnˈteɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERMONTANE

intermittence
intermittency
intermittent
intermittent claudication
intermittent fever
intermittently
intermitter
intermitting
intermittingly
intermittor
intermix
intermixture
intermodal
intermodulation
intermolecular
intermont
intermountain
intermundane
intermure
intermuscular

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERMONTANE

Beltane
butane
cetane
cismontane
cyclopentane
elastane
Fontane
heptane
high-octane
isobutane
isooctane
Karitane
montane
octane
pentane
pristane
soutane
stane
submontane
tramontane

Synonyms and antonyms of intermontane in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «intermontane» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERMONTANE

Find out the translation of intermontane to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of intermontane from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intermontane» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

山间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intermontane
570 millions of speakers

English

intermontane
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

intermontane
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

intermontane
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

межгорной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intermontane
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

intermontane
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intramontagneux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Intermontane
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

intermontanen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

山間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

intermontane
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Intermontane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

intermontane
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

intermontane
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आंतरराज्यीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dağarası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intermontani
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

intermontane
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

межгорной
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intermontane
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

intermontane
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

intermontane
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intermontane
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intermontane
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intermontane

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERMONTANE»

The term «intermontane» is normally little used and occupies the 129.932 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERMONTANE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «intermontane» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «intermontane» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intermontane

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERMONTANE»

Discover the use of intermontane in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intermontane and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Orogenic Curvature: Integrating Paleomagnetic and Structural ...
Constraints on the Rotation Mechanism The paleomagnetic constraints identified above further indicate that the Intermontane terranes have behaved as a quasi- coherent tectonic block, extending from northern Washington state to the ...
Aviva J. Sussman, Arlo B. Weil, 2004
2
A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada: Toward ...
The Intermontane's leisurely urban lifestyle evolved in airconditioned comfort following a round of golf. The few remaining farmers and ranchers profit more from selling their land to developers than working the land. Many Intermontane ...
Chris Mayda, 2012
3
The Nation Lakes Canoe Route
They are, from inland to the ocean, the foreland belt, the omineca belt, the intermontane belt, the coast belt, and finally, the insular belt. The Nation Lakes are located on the eastern boundary of the intermontane belt. Because this boundary is a ...
Michel Gauthier, 2012
4
Mineralogical and Geochemical Approaches to Provenance
Pervasive intermontane basin development (Fields et al., 1985; Janecke, 1994; Constenius, 1996), widespread metamorphic core complex formation (Hodges and Applegate, 1993; O'Neill et al., 2004; Foster et al., 2007, and references ...
E. Troy Rasbury, Sidney R. Hemming, Nancy R. Riggs, 2012
5
Phanerozoic Geology of Northwest China
3.6 Beishan-Badain Jaran Intermontane Basin District Sporadically distributed intermontane basins were formed here in the late Early Jurassic and persisted into the Middle Jurassic, accumulating grey sandstone and intercalated coal beds, ...
Zhou Zhiyi, W. T. Dean, 1996
6
Paleozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution of central and ...
Yili basin and Bayanbulak Valley are modem intermontane basins within Tian Shan that serve as possible analogs for Mesozoic intermontane basins. MESOZOIC INTERMONTANE BASINS WITHIN THE TIAN SHAN CORE Strata in the Tarim ...
Gregory Arlen Davis, Marc S, 2001
7
Warrior Art of Wyoming's Green River Basin: Biographic ...
As a geographically distinct expression of the Northwestern Plains Macrotradition (Keyser and Klassen 2001:308-311) this Intermontane expression consists of related Ceremonial, Protobiographic, and Biographic traditions, each recognizably ...
‎2005
8
North American Continent-Ocean Transects Program
These include probably eastward thrusting of the Coast Plutonic Belt onto rocks of the Intermontane Belt and the development of a major belt-parallel ductile dextral shear zone, the Work Channel Lineament of Cretaceous through Eocene  ...
U.S. Geodynamics Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, 1989
9
Himalaya to the Sea: Geology, Geomorphology and the Quaternary
Thus, the intermontane basins of the Pamir, Karakoram and Himalaya are almost entirely Quaternary in age, are sites of only temporary storage of sediment and are mostly now being eroded (Figure 2.4). Only along the Indus Suture Zone has  ...
John F. Shroder Jr., 2002
10
Geophysical Framework of the Continental United States
Many geologic and geophysical characteristics are similar throughout the Intermontane system, but lithospheric models are distinctly different in the separate provinces, owing to the different geologic processes that have prevailed . The crust ...
Louis Charles Pakiser, Walter D. Mooney, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERMONTANE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intermontane is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Castle Hill's soaring rocks soothe the soul
The Craigieburn and Torlesse Ranges overlook the intermontane basin containing Kura Tawhiti and other similar rock formations. Adventurers ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
2
CALENDAR FOR JUNE 21
Speakers will lead attendees into habitats ranging from grass-cactus intermontane valleys to ocean bird rocks to pine-oak woodlands to high ... «Sanford Herald, Jun 15»
3
CALENDAR FOR JUNE 19
Speakers will lead attendees into habitats ranging from grass-cactus intermontane valleys to ocean bird rocks to pine-oak woodlands to high ... «Sanford Herald, Jun 15»
4
The Smooth Operator
It is found in the dry intermontane valleys and interior of the Northwest, all the way from Prince George Sound to as far south as Baja California. «The Source Weekly, Jun 15»
5
Personnel news
Originally from Bristol, Virginia, Nicewonder attended Virgina Intermontane where she earned a degree in social work. She moved to Naples in ... «Naples Daily News, Feb 15»
6
In Colombia, danger is a thing of the past
It has a fantastic rooftop view of the city which stretches for as far as the eye can see along the floor of an intermontane valley at an altitude of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 15»
7
Oil & Gas 360® Looks at Canada's E&Ps – Part One
... Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB), Atlantic Margin, Arctic Cratonic, Arctic Margin, Eastern Cratonic, Intermontane and Pacific Margin. «Oil & Gas 360, Nov 14»
8
Bike race in disarray after course sabotage
That change, however, led to confusion among Intermontane Challenge riders and a later nullification of the day's results - a move that will ... «Kamloops Daily News, Sep 14»
9
Project Review: New Gold's Blackwater Gold-Silver Deposit
The deposit is located within the Central Quesnel Belt along the eastern margin of a larger geological region known as the Intermontane belt. «Geology for Investors, Sep 14»
10
National Geographic Silk Road Exhibition Returns to Kazakhstan
We passed through ridges, intermontane valleys and gorges. The landscape has changed dramatically, I should say. Some of the rivers dried ... «Astana Times, Aug 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Intermontane [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/intermontane>. May 2024 ».
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