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Definition of Proxima
1. Noun. The nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proxima
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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