What is "intermediate tie"

Intermediate \In`ter*me"di*ate\, a. [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. interm['e]diat.]

1. Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.

2. Hence: Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education.

   Intermediate state (Theol.), the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body.

   Intermediate terms (Math.), the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes); the means.

   Intermediate tie. (Arch.) Same as Intertie.