Intermediate state

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