proximity

[ prok-sim-i-tee ]
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noun
  1. nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation; closeness.

Origin of proximity

1
First recorded in 1475–85; late Middle English; from Middle French proximité, from Latin proximitāt-, stem of proximitās “nearness, adjacent area, vicinity”

Other words from proximity

  • non·prox·im·i·ty, noun

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How to use proximity in a sentence

  • It may have been in part the maid's genteel horror of such proximities that steeled Miss Levering to endure them.

    The Convert | Elizabeth Robins
  • It happened with the kindly and approving smiles of the more experienced elders who had organised these proximities.

    The New Machiavelli | Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for proximity

proximity

/ (prɒkˈsɪmɪtɪ) /


noun
  1. nearness in space or time

  2. nearness or closeness in a series

Origin of proximity

1
C15: from Latin proximitās closeness; see proximate

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