Mediary

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Intermediate. not-comparable

    "I have made several three vision glasses for my patients requiring distant, near and mediary vision with signal success."

  2. 2
    Acting to cause or connect. not-comparable

    "In this last instance, simple relativity may be called mediary relativity, (a R b) where a is some medium, such as air, between the knower and the known, and b is the resultant knowledge."

  3. 3
    Storing data that is written by one process so that it can be read by another process. dated, not-comparable

    "This tape becomes the system mediary input tape and is in turn processed by the system."

  4. 4
    occurring during the course of a disease. not-comparable

    "Mediary disinfection, that occurring during the course of the disease, is of great value."

  5. 5
    Having a primary hue (red, blue, or gold), as opposed to one that can be created by mixing colors with primary hues. not-comparable

    "Charles king of France by an angel a shield of blue with three fleur-de-lis of gold together with other armour: and on both these occasions the foundation and field of the arms was azure, and this was superior to the gold. Therefore it is clear that this colour is the chief of all mediary and submediary colours."

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  1. 6
    Defining or inferring a generalization or category of meaning. not-comparable

    "All is continuous, as Thirdness, generality, a temporal and mediary collusion of the values of the possible (as Firstness) and the singular (as Secondness)."

Noun
  1. 1
    An intermediary or go-between; Something or someone that passes information, instructions, or influence between one person or thing and another person or thing.

    "The reason why fear and obedience figure prominently in Hobbes's notion of covenant is that the model for it is biblical; more precisely, it is based on his reading of the covenant between God, his mediary Moses, and the Israelites in Exodus."

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