immediateness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
    

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