intermediacy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of intermediacy
First recorded in 1705–15; intermedi(ate) 1 + -acy
Example Sentences
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This intermediacy has doubtful significance, because fin-size in Rhinichthys varies greatly with body-size, sex, and probably with the state of sexual development.
From Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) by Cross, Frank B.
It is now alleged that departed persons need not exert influence through their dead bones alone, nor yet only by their supposed intermediacy with higher powers.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)
Several of the aspirants to Ice-Heart's hand had been chosen by them and conveyed to the neighborhood of the palace by their intermediacy from remote lands.
From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Schayer, Julia Thompson von Stosch
As the number of duplicate determiners increases it can be readily seen that the number of apparent blends of different degrees of intermediacy between the two extremes would rapidly increase.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.
Her looks asked him to forgive her for having dared, by Natasha's intermediacy, to remind him of his promise, and then thanked him for his love.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
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