PROXIMATE

proximate

(adjective) very close in space or time; “proximate words”; “proximate houses”

proximate

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

proximate (not comparable)

Close or closest; adjacent.

(legal) Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.

About to take place; impending.

Synonyms

• (close): near, nigh; see also near

• (about to take place): imminent, in the offing, pending; see also impending

Antonyms

• (close): distant, far; see also distant

• (w.r.t. causes): ultimate

Noun

proximate (plural proximates)

(linguistics) A grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person.

Source: Wiktionary

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Prox"i*mate, a. Etym: [L. proximatus, p. p. of proximare to come near, to approach, fr. proximus the nearest, nest, superl. of propior nearer, and prope, adv., near.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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