proximity

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The state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next; closeness. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
The state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
Synonyms Vicinity, etc. (see neighborhood), adjacency. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship. noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
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 noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
the property of being close together noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
the region close around a person or thing noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
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late 15c., from Middle French proximité "nearness" (14c.), from Latin proximitatem (nominative proximitas) "nearness, vicinity," from proximus "nearest, next; most direct; adjoining," figuratively "latest, most recent; next, following; most faithful," superlative of prope "near" (see propinquity).