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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Immediateness \Im*me"di*ate*ness\, noun The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. --Bp. Hall.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
immediateness
noun
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}]
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