Between, adj. 1. The state of a telephone ringing in a room you have already left. 2. Neither the voice nor the silence but the cord connecting them. 3. Of steps: those counted past the number that would constitute arrival, yet short of the number that would constitute departure. 4. The ochre hour. Specifically 12:15, when a day has committed to nothing and everything remains owed. 5. In meteorology: the cloud ceiling that is not rain and not clearing. Wellington knows no other sky. 6. Of songs: the lyric you remember wrong, which is therefore more yours than the songwriter's. 7. The precise weight of a handset in its cradle—heavier than holding it, lighter than throwing it away.