n. the branch of biotechnology that uses biological processes to overcome environmental problems. [ WordNet 1.6 ]

a. [ F. immédiat. See In- not, and Mediate. ] 1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are the most immediate to our throne. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. “Assemble we immediate council.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared,
By some immediate stroke. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an immediate cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible. Sir. W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immediate amputation (Surg.), an amputation performed within the first few hours after an injury, and before the the effects of the shock have passed away.

Syn. -- Proximate; close; direct; next. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous. [ 1913 Webster ]

God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once. [ 1913 Webster ]

And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matt. viii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note.

Syn. -- Directly; instantly; quickly; forthwith; straightway; presently. See Directly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Immediateness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat. ] 1. Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education. [ PJC ]

Intermediate state (Theol.), the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body. --
Intermediate terms (Math.), the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes); the means. --
Intermediate tie. (Arch.) Same as Intertie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator. [ PJC ]

2. Something that is intermediate. [ PJC ]

3. Specifically: (Chem.) A compound which is produced in the course of a chemical synthesis, which is not itself the final product, but is used in further reactions which produce the final product; also called synthetic intermediate, intermediate compound or intermediate product; -- contrasted to starting material and end product or final product. There may be many different intermediates between the starting material and end product in the course of a complex synthesis; as, many industrial chemicals are produced primarily to be used as intermediates in other syntheses. The term has the same meaning with respect to intermediate compounds produced in a biosynthetic pathway in living organisms. [ PJC ]

adv. In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A school having grades at a level between the lower primary grades and the upper secondary grades, being variously grades 4 through 6, or grades 7 through 9, etc. [ PJC ]

n. The act of coming between; intervention; mediation; interposition. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mediator. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Mediated p. pr. & vb. n. Mediating. ] [ LL. mediatus, p. p. of mediare to mediate. See Mediate, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To divide into two equal parts. [ R. ] Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mediatus, p. p. of mediare, v. t., to halve, v. i., to be in the middle. See Mid, and cf. Moiety. ] 1. Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Gained or effected by a medium or condition. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

An act of mediate knowledge is complex. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately. [ 1913 Webster ]

God worketh all things amongst us mediately. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the king. Blakstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being mediate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mediacioun, F. médiation. See Mediate, a. ] 1. The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention. [ 1913 Webster ]

The soul [ acts ] by the mediation of these passions. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as, mediative efforts. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. médiatisation. ] The act of mediatizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mediatized p. pr. & vb. n. Mediatizing. ] [ Cf. F. médiatiser. ] To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mediator: cf. E. médiateur. ] One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor. [ 1913 Webster ]

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. ii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory; as, a mediatorial office. -- Me`di*a*to"ri*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

My measures were . . . healing and mediatorial. Burke. [1913 Webster]

n. The office or character of a mediator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mediatorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. mediatrix, f. of mediator: cf. F. médiatrice. ] A female mediator. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To advocate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Remedial. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]