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PROXIMITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being close together
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("proximity" is a kind of...):
closeness; nearness (the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance)
Derivation:
proximal (situated nearest to point of attachment or origin)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit
Synonyms:
law of proximity; proximity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("proximity" is a kind of...):
Gestalt law of organization; Gestalt principle of organization (a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The region close around a person or thing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("proximity" is a kind of...):
locality; neck of the woods; neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity (a surrounding or nearby region)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proximity"):
front; presence (the immediate proximity of someone or something)
Context examples:
Cytokine communication is often local, within a tissue or between cells in close proximity.
(Cytokine Network Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A statistical measure timing the movements and proximity of alignment between two different information sets of a series of information.
(Cross-Correlation, NCI Thesaurus)
The relatively close proximity of Florence provides astronomers with a rare chance to take measurements.
(Biggest Asteroid Ever Detected Flies Past Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Their close proximity to a star means their temperatures can range from 1,000 to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (530 to 2,800 degrees Celsius) or even hotter.
(Cooking up Alien Atmospheres on Earth, NASA)
Earth just happened to be in close proximity to the right kind of supernova, making it unusually lucky.
(Finding Alien Life Unlikely Due to Lack of Phosphorus in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Despite its proximity, because of its dimness Teegarden’s Star was not identified until 2003.
(Researchers find two new planets with masses similar to Earth’s near a small neighbouring star, University of Granada)
Calcium release causes the formation of a complex, bringing the synaptic vesicle in close proximity with the plasma membrane and allowing fusion of the membranes.
(Botulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The proximity of the planets and their similarity to Earth mean that they could eventually be a home for humans, according to the astronomers from the University of Hertfordshire.
(Potentially Habitable 'Super-Earths' Found Orbiting around Sun's near Neighbor, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Rosetta also will be the first spacecraft to witness at close proximity how a comet changes as it is subjected to the increasing intensity of the sun's radiation.
(Rosetta closing in on comet, NASA)
A separation column that when placed in proximity to a magnet creates a high gradient magnetic field strong enough to retain cells labeled with antibodies complexed to magnetic particles.
(Immunomagnetic Column, NCI Thesaurus)
