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intermediation

[ in-ter-mee-dee-ey-shuhn ]

/ ˌɪn tərˌmi diˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

the act ofintermediating.

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Origin of intermediation

First recorded in 1595–1605; intermediate² + -ion

Words nearby intermediation

intermediate technology, intermediate treatment, intermediate-value theorem, intermediate vastus muscle, intermediate vector boson, intermediation, intermedin, intermediolateral nucleus, intermediomedial nucleus, intermedius, intermenstrual pain

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Example sentences from the Web for intermediation

The same thing occurred in other cases, even without the intermediation of a new employing class.
An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England|Edward Potts Cheyney
The former is a reflex cause of disturbance, probably through the intermediation of the solar plexus.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
Wales was reduced to law and order, and, through the intermediation of Francis, a satisfactory peace was made with Scotland.
Henry VIII.|A. F. Pollard
"Heaven has been good enough to unveil it by the intermediation of its angels," answered the visionary.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas

The significance of the distinction lies in the intermediation of the general organic unity, not in a qualitative division.
A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution|C. M. Williams

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