Thesaurus: proximity
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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Definitions
- n. The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
- n. the property of being close together
- n. the region close around a person or thing
- n. 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
- The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance. If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with ease withstood. Dryden.
- The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation,influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, oralliance.If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with easewithstood. Dryden.
- n:100 n. the property of being close together n. the region close around a person or thing n. 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