intermediary

adj
/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əɹi/UK/ˌɪn(t)ɚˈmidiˌɛɹi/US

Etymology

From French intermédiaire, adjusted to simulate a borrowing from Medieval Latin *intermediārius.

  1. derived from *intermediārius
  2. derived from intermédiaire

Definitions

  1. That intermediates.

  2. An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.

    • A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world […]
    • White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week.
  3. A person or organisation in an intermediate position (in a transaction, agreement, supply…

    A person or organisation in an intermediate position (in a transaction, agreement, supply chain, etc.)

    • The intermediary between the manufacturer and retailer is the wholesaler
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intermediary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at intermediary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at intermediary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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