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Definition of Proximity
1. Noun. The property of being close together.
2. Noun. The region close around a person or thing.
Specialized synonyms: Front, Presence
3. Noun. A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit.
Generic synonyms: Gestalt Law Of Organization, Gestalt Principle Of Organization
Definition of Proximity
1. n. The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
Definition of Proximity
1. Noun. closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proximity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Proximity
Literary usage of Proximity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"either of certainty or proximity: circumstances which, in estimating the value
of a lot of pain or pleasure, must always be taken into the account*. ..."
2. Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana (1855)
"DENSITY AND proximity OF POPULATION. By comparing the numbers of the population
with the area of the soil, we determine the density or proximity of the ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Two altars are placed here in the closest possible proximity to the sarcophagus
in which the body of St. Peter reposes. Admission to the crypts and to Holy ..."
4. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"On the Effects produced in the Rates of Chronometers by the proximity of Masses
of Iron. By Peter Barlow, Esq. of the Royal Military Academy. ..."
5. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"The duke of Devonshire said he was, by proximity of blood, more concerned than
any other in the reputation of the duke of Ormond: and, therefore, ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"»8 vessel tn proximity on ber larboard or starboard side. 2. It was the duty of
the steamer to see the schooner as ..."
7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1884)
"The water is " hard," and the proximity of the ground water to the surface of
the earth renders the habitations damp, may predispose to phthisis, ..."
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