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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proximity \Prox*im"i*ty\, n. [L. proximitas: cf F. proximit['e]
See {Proximate}, and cf {Propinquity}, {Approach}.]
The quality or state of being next in time, place causation,
influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place blood,
or alliance.
If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with
ease withstood. --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
proximity
n 1: the property of being close together [syn: {propinquity}]
2: the region close around a person or thing
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