Immediateness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  immediateness
       n 1: the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of
            their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"
            [syn: {immediacy}, {instantaneousness}, {instancy}]
       2: lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy
          of television coverage" [syn: {immediacy}] [ant: {mediacy}]