Intermural

//ˌɪntɚˈmjuːɹəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Between walls; enclosed by walls. not-comparable

    "Turn from this picture to a vault or intermural yard, to the black mould, the coarse , rank, poisonous grass and nettles, the decayed monuments, and the dark shadows of the dismal walls, where the sunshine never sleeps, but where death and gloom ever dwell together."

  2. 2
    Occurring within the walls or boundaries of an organ or other biological structure. not-comparable

    "In Favosites and allied genera, the maximum size of the corallites is soon reached, and the expansion of the coral is mainly derived from intermural growth."

  3. 3
    Local to an exhibit or exhibition. not-comparable

    "Mr. W. E. Baker, the electrical egineer who designed, built, and operated the intermural road, replied "that the power stations should be so placed that the current of electricity would be transmitted five miles only, the loss being proportional to the distance – thus there would be two power houses, five miles from the ends of the route, transmitting currents two ways; that the intermural motor cars had four parallel axles to each, of which 150 h.p. was attached, or 600 h.p. in all – the cost of these motor cars each was $10,000 for the electrical application – and that the same power would be required for the proposed trains."

  4. 4
    In house; internal to an organization. not-comparable

    "During the past 5 or 6 years, on the other hand, intermural research has tended to produce more publishable information."

  5. 5
    Involving competition between institutions, especially sports competitions. not-comparable

    "All recreational agencies must decide whether their own controlled program of activities shall be conducted on an intermural or intramural basis."

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  1. 6
    Originating as street art but being curated and displayed in a gallery or museum. not-comparable

    "Balakian continues the theological metaphor in defining the artwork itself as "sacred," "a system of symbolization of which the correspondences are strictly intramural or self-referential to start and become intermural only when other artists accept the signal-making character of the work.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    between two or more institutions etc wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A (usually sport) competition between teams from separate organizations.

    "The fellows worked hard in the Intermurals under Joe Jackson's leadership, but the loss of some good men at the wrong time hurt. The Club ended the year in third place."

  2. 2
    A competition between teams from within the same organization.

    "Theoretically each team is supposed to fight as hard as possible for its side in the congressional intermurals ."

  3. 3
    An intermural yard; a walled garden.

    "The back wall of the workshop was taken up by a glass door, and behind it lay a small stone-paved garden, one of the tiny and fortuitous intermurals whose charm is London's secret."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin intermūrālis. By surface analysis, inter- + mural.

Etymology 2

From Latin intermūrālis. By surface analysis, inter- + mural.

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