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Intermediate state may refer to:
Science
an intermediate
chemical state
Virtual state , a very short-lived, unobservable quantum state
Meissner effect , the expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor during its transition to the superconducting state
Mesophase , is a state of matter between solid and liquid
Religion
Intermediate state (Christianity) , a person's existence between death and the universal resurrection, in some forms of Christianity
Bardo , an intermediate state between death and rebirth in some schools of Buddhism
Gandharva , in Buddhism, being in the intermediate state between death and rebirth
Araf , an intermediate state between Heaven and Hell for those who are balanced in their good works and sins
Barzakh , in Islam, a phase between an individual's death and their resurrection
Purgatory , an intermediate state after physical death for expiatory purification, in some Christian denominations and Islam
See also
Afterlife , or life after death, in various religious traditions and myths
Last Judgment , or Day of Reckoning, Doomsday, or Day of Resurrection, in Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrianism
Limbo , the afterlife condition of those who die in original sin without being assigned to hell, in Catholic theology
Merit (Buddhism) , a concept considered fundamental to Buddhist ethics
Mesoscopic physics , a subdiscipline of condensed matter physics that deals with materials of an intermediate size
Population inversion , in statistical mechanics
Quantum superposition , a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics.
Undead , beings in mythology, legend, or fiction that are deceased but behave as if alive
Vegetative state , a disorder of consciousness
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