Proximity

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Proximity \Prox*im"i*ty\, n. [L. proximitas: cf. F. proximit['e]
     See {Proximate}, and cf. {Propinquity}, {Approach}.]
     The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation,
     influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood,
     or alliance.
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           If he plead proximity of blood
           That empty title is with ease withstood. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  proximity
       n 1: the property of being close together [syn: {propinquity}]
       2: the region close around a person or thing
       3: 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 [syn: {law of proximity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "proximity":
     accord, addition, adjacency, adjunct, affairs, affiliation,
     affinity, alliance, approach, approximation, assemblage,
     association, bond, closeness, combination, confines, connectedness,
     connection, contiguity, contiguousness, contrariety, convergence,
     dealings, deduction, disjunction, environs, filiation, foreground,
     homology, immediacy, immediate foreground, intercourse, intimacy,
     junction, juxtaposition, liaison, link, linkage, linking,
     mutual attraction, nearness, neighborhood, nighness, precinct,
     propinquity, purlieus, rapport, relatedness, relation, relations,
     relationship, similarity, sympathy, tie, tie-in, togetherness,
     union, vicinage, vicinity
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PROXIMITY. Kindred between two persons. Dig. 38, 16, 8.