immediacy

n 1: lack of an intervening or mediating agency: "the immediacy

of television coverage" [syn: {immediateness}] [ant: {mediacy}]

2: immediate intuitive awareness [syn: {immediate apprehension}]

3: the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of

their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"

[syn: {immediateness}, {instantaneousness}, {instancy}]