immediateness n 1: the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication" [syn: {immediacy}, {immediateness}, {instantaneousness}, {instancy}] 2: lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage" [syn: {immediacy}, {immediateness}] [ant: {mediacy}, {mediateness}]
Immediateness \Im*me"di*ate*ness\, n. The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]