Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  intermediate(adj) a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained. 2  intermediate(adj) lying between two extremes in time or space or state. 3  average, intermediate, medium(verb) around the middle of a scale of evaluation.
Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) is an American former astronaut who in 1983 became the first American woman to reach outer space. Sally Ride is the most bravest American woman I have ever heard of. Because I really would not do that, but I think it would be fun and really being an astronaut â¦.
But before that, she became the first American woman in space. She went on to found Sally Ride Science, a company focused on improving science education for kids, which she called a âbusiness imperative for the country.â She died in July, at age 61, just weeks after talking with HBR. Interviewed by Alison Beard.