intermediary
adjEtymology
From French intermédiaire, adjusted to simulate a borrowing from Medieval Latin *intermediārius.
- derived from *intermediārius✻
- derived from intermédiaire
Definitions
That intermediates.
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.
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
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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.
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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