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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Proximate \Prox"i*mate\, a. [L. proximatus p. p. of proximare to come near to approach, fr proximus the nearest, nest, superl. of propior nearer, and prope, adv., near.] Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. ``Proximate ancestors.'' --J. S. Harford. The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. --T. Burnet. {Proximate analysis} (Chem.), an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis. {Proximate cause}. a A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, or predisposing cause --I. Watts. b That which in ordinary natural sequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbing agencies intervening. {Proximate principle} (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodies existing ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separable by chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc Syn: Nearest; next closest; immediate; direct. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Analysis \A*nal"y*sis\, n.; pl {Analyses}. [Gr. ?, fr ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to {synthesis}. 2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either a what elements it contains, or b how much of each element is present. The former is called {qualitative}, and the latter {quantitative analysis}. 3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. 4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations. 5. a A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order b A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. 6. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. {Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, {Quantitative}, and {Volumetric analysis}. (Chem.) See under {Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: proximate adj 1: closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals" [ant: {ultimate}] 2: very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"
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