mediary adjective 6noun 1forms 1 adjective6 •Intermediate.I have made several three vision glasses for my patients requiring distant, near and mediary vision with signal success. — 1921 •occurring during the course of a disease.Mediary disinfection, that occurring during the course of the disease, is of great value. — 1915 •Having a primary hue (red, blue, or gold), as opposed to one that can be created by mixing colors with primary hues.The colours primary in themselves are the colours white and black; the colours truly mediary are blue, gold, and red; the sub-mediary colours are green and any Similar if there are any. — 2011 •(old-fashioned) Storing data that is written by one process so that it can be read by another process.This tape becomes the system mediary input tape and is in turn processed by the system. — 1959 •Acting to cause or connect.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. — 1928 •Defining or inferring a generalization or category of meaning.All is continuous, as Thirdness, generality, a temporal and mediary collusion of the values of the possible (as Firstness) and the singular (as Secondness). — 1991 noun1 •An intermediary or go-between; Something or someone that passes information, instructions, or influence between one person or thing and another person or thing.Because these uprisings were work-related and directed at employers, the state acted as mediary. — 2007 formsmediaries
