Proximity
[prɒk'sɪmɪtɪ] or [prɑk'sɪməti]
Definition
(noun.) the property of being close together.
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) the region close around a person or thing.
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Definition
(n.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Neighborhood, vicinity,[See PROPINQUITY]
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Examples
- He galloped from one command to another proclaiming the near proximity of Santa Anna with an army vastly superior to his own. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He, too, had caught a fleeting backward glimpse of cruel yellow eyes and half open mouth within startling proximity of his person. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Barring the proximity of the village, it is a sort of paradise. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Professor Porter rolled over upon his stomach; gingerly he bowed his back until he resembled a huge tom cat in proximity to a yelping dog. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And yet he felt that the girl was physically aware of his proximity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- From the proximity of the enemy to his defences around Richmond, it was impossible, by any flank movement, to interpose between him and the city. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Pixii’s machine (1832) consisted of a permanent horse-shoe magnet which was caused to revolve in proximity to an armature upon which was wound a coil of insulated wire. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Once I saw Graham--wholly unconscious of her proximity--push her with his restless foot. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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