proximateness

proximateness
noun see proximate

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • proximateness — See proximately. * * * …   Universalium

  • proximateness — prox·i·mate·ness …   English syllables

  • proximateness — noun see proximate …   Useful english dictionary

  • proximate — adjective Etymology: Latin proximatus, past participle of proximare to approach, from proximus nearest, next, superlative of prope near more at approach Date: 1661 1. immediately preceding or following (as in a chain of events, causes, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • proximate — proximately, adv. proximateness, n. proximation /prok seuh may sheuhn/, n. /prok seuh mit/, adj. 1. next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc. 2. close; very near. 3. approximate; fairly accurate. 4. forthcoming; …   Universalium

  • adjacency — n juxtaposition, adjacence, contiguity, contiguousness, abuttal; nearness, closeness, proximity, proximateness, proximation, approximation, propinquity …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • contiguity — n 1. adjacency, adjacence, juxtaposition, contiguousness, Obs. attingency or attingence, Obs. attiguousness; nearness, closeness, proximity, proximateness, proximation, approximation, propinquity, vicinage. 2. contact, abuttal, abutment; union,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • nearness — n 1. closeness, proximity, propinquity, proximation, proximateness; contiguity, contiguousness, adjacence, adjacency; vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood. 2. intimacy, close association, deep understanding, tenderness, warmth, affection, fondness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • proximity — n 1. proximateness, nearness, closeness, nighness, propinquity; approximation, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood; contiguity, contiguousness, conterminousness, adjacence, adjacency, juxtaposition, apposition. 2. kinship, relationship, relation,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • vicinity — n 1. neighborhood, vicinage, purlieus, nearby area or region, Inf. neck of the woods; precincts, setting, scene; environs, Fr. banlieue, Fr. alen tours. surroundings, cirumjacencies, outskirts, suburbs, faubourg, periphery. 2. proximity,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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