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 Al A'raf, an intermediate state in Islam 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.