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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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  1. n. The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
  2. n. the property of being close together
  3. n. the region close around a person or thing
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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