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immediate | obversion |

As an adjective immediate

is happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

As a noun obversion is

the act of turning toward or downward.

immediate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Assemble we immediate council.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
  • Very close; direct or adjacent.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You are the most immediate to our throne.
  • Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
  • embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location)

    • Related terms

    * immediacy

    Derived terms

    * immediately

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    obversion

    English

    Noun

  • The act of turning toward or downward.
  • (logic) An immediate inference that denies the opposite of something previously affirmed.
    • All men are mortal, so, by obversion , no men are immortal.
  • * 1870 , Alexander Bain, Logic: Induction
    • From 'warmth is agreeable' we can affirm, by formal obversion , 'warmth is not disagreeable, and not indifferent.' We cannot affirm, without an examination of the subject matter, 'cold is disagreeable.'