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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 (Islam)|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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