proximity

proximity

English

Etymology

From Middle French proximité, from Latin proximitās, proximitāt-, from proximus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹɑkˈsɪ.mɪ.ti/

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Noun

proximity (countable and uncountable, plural proximities)

1. Closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.

   The proximity of the heat source allowed it to be detected by the sensor.

Synonyms

• closeness, nearness

Derived terms

• proximity fuze
• proxemics

Related terms

• approximate
• approximation
• approximator
• proximate

Translations

closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship

Bengali: কাছ (kach) Bulgarian: близост (bg) f (blizost) Catalan: proximitat (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 接近 (zh) (jiējìn) Czech: blízkost (cs) f Danish: nærhed c Dutch: nabijheid (nl) f Esperanto: proksimeco Finnish: läheisyys (fi) French: proximité (fr) f

Georgian: სიახლოვე (siaxlove) German: Nähe (de) f, Nachbarschaft (de) f Indonesian: kedekatan (id) Manx: niessid m Polish: bliskość (pl) f Portuguese: proximidade (pt) f Romanian: proximitate (ro) f, vecinătate (ro) f Russian: бли́зость (ru) f (blízostʹ), сосе́дство (ru) n (sosédstvo) Spanish: proximidad (es) f, cercanía (es) f Telugu: చేరువు (cēruvu) Turkish: yakınlık (tr)