Definition of Proxima

1. Noun. The nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years.

Exact synonyms: Proxima Centauri
Group relationships: Centaur, Centaurus
Generic synonyms: Flare Star

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proxima

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corse
Provencial
Proventil
Provera
Proverbs
Providence
Providence Island Sign Language
Provisional
Provisional IRA
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provisionals
Provo
Provos
Provost
Proxima (current term)
Proxima Centauri
Prozac
Pru
Prudence
Prudhoe Bay
Prue
Prueher
Prufrockian
Prumnopitys
Prumnopitys amara
Prumnopitys andina
Prumnopitys elegans
Prumnopitys ferruginea
Prumnopitys taxifolia

Literary usage of Proxima

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Eynsham Cartulary by Eynsham abbey, Herbert Edward Salter (1907)
"... [die] ' Mercurii proxima ante festum sancti Mathei apostoli, anno domini supradicto. 379- [A grant of twenty shillings a year to Nigel de ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1862)
"... each mesh including a light spot half the size of a scale. A small dark spot on the upper part of the root of the pectoral. 6. Satanoperca proxima ..."

3. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1865)
"... suum quod die Martis proxima ante dictum festum vellet adire lectum suum in ... tenlo ibidem die Martis proxima post festum Sancti Dionysii anno regni ..."

4. A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated by Herbert Broom (1900)
"IN JURE NON REMOTA CAUSA BED Proxima SPECTATUR. (BaC. Max., reg. 1.)—In law the immediate, not the remote, cause of any event is regarded. ..."

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