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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. [1913 Webster] 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.
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