The quality of being immediate, of happening right away. / Lack of mediation; directness. / (philosophy) Immediate awareness or apprehension.

An image or brand (typically a corporate one) created for an international audience.

Voluntarily imposed upon oneself.

A style of education in which students are taught simultaneously in two languages: a "primary" language which is dominant in the given country (in which the immersion is taking place), plus a "secondary" language which is the student's native language.

Onomatopoeia.

A diplomat's immunity to prosecution and/or litigation under local law.

Alternative form of afterimage

A medical condition, somewhat similar to frostbite, that can affect the feet when they are constantly cold and wet.

(computing) A copy of all or part of a disk drive retained for backup or replication purposes.

(databases, IBM) A backup copy of a database in a format that may be used, along with incremental logs, to recreate the database after a hardware failure