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proximity

[prok-sim-i-tee]

Origin

noun

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

Origin:
1475–85; < Latin proximitās nearness, vicinity. See proximal, -ity

Related forms

non·prox·im·i·ty, noun

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proximity (prɒkˈsɪmɪtɪ)

—n
1.	nearness in space or time
2.	nearness or closeness in a series

[C15: from Latin proximitās closeness; see proximate]

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proximity

1480, from M.Fr. proximité "nearness" (14c.), from L. proximitatem (nom. proximitas) "nearness, vicinity," from proximus "nearest," superlative of prope "near." Proximal is first recorded 1727.

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