intermediate-value theorem

US: (in′tər mē′dē it val′yo̅o̅)

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in•ter•me′di•ate-val′ue the′orem  (in′tər mē′dē it val′yo̅o̅), [Math.]

1. Mathematics the theorem that a function continuous between two points and having unequal values, a and b, at the two points takes on all values between a and b.