proximity

[prok-sim-i-tee]

noun

nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.

Origin of proximity

First recorded in 1475–85, proximity is from the Latin word proximitās nearness, vicinity. See proximal, -ity

Related formsnon·prox·im·i·ty, noun

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Related Words for proximities

closeness, concurrence, propinquity, juxtaposition, togetherness, adjacency, contiguity, immediacy

Examples from the Web for proximities

Historical Examples of proximities

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 proximities

proximity

noun

nearness in space or time
nearness or closeness in a series

Word Origin for proximity

C15: from Latin proximitās closeness; see proximate

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Word Origin and History for proximities

proximity

late 15c., from Middle French proximité "nearness" (14c.), from Latin proximitatem (nominative proximitas) "nearness, vicinity," from proximus "nearest, next; most direct; adjoining," figuratively "latest, most recent; next, following; most faithful," superlative of prope "near" (see propinquity).