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intermolecular, a.|ɪntəməʊˈlɛkjʊlə(r)| [inter- 4 a.] Situated, existing, or occurring between the molecules of a body or substance. Hence intermoˈlecularly adv., between molecules.
1843Grove Contrib. Sci. in Corr. Phys. Forces (1874) 304 Believing that all electrical phenomena are intermolecular changes of the bodies. 1874Hartwig Aerial W. v. 50 The intermolecular spaces of the various humours are filled with it. 1882Vines in Nature 19 Oct. 595/1 Swelling-up is then the expression of the taking-up of water into the meshes of the molecular reticulum, where it is retained by intermolecular capillarity. 1936,1971[see intramolecular a.]. 1973Nature 13 Apr. 473/2 In a condensed phase, initially formed vibrational excited ‘states’ are coupled intra- and inter⁓molecularly..to a quasi-continuum of other vibrational ‘states’. |