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proximity

/prok-sim-i-tee/US // prɒkˈsɪm ɪ ti //UK // (prɒkˈsɪmɪtɪ) //

近距离,近距离接触,近似度,近似值

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.

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Examples

  • There’s a not easily quantifiable advantage to putting lots of creative people in close proximity.

  • The president is regularly tested and those in close proximity to him are tested beforehand.

  • Media buyers also expressed anxiety about having their ads appear on social media sites in proximity to hot button or questionable content posted by consumers.

  • With the backlighting on, the keys automatically illuminate based on your finger proximity, offering an aesthetically pleasing and precise experience.

  • Experts have said the fence will face a never-ending battle with erosion given its proximity to the water and the sandy, silty material of the banks.

  • She sends a miniature of her own image to the court, envious that it will enjoy a proximity she will never attain.

  • They make us realize, he explains, that “proximity is important to entrepreneurship.”

  • What was it like working in such close proximity with him as his son for four months?

  • Afterwards, unable to live in proximity to their killers, she moved into this village.

  • “[Obama] had to do [strike] because of the proximity of the ISIS Howitzers to our defensive areas and our own people,” he said.

  • Perhaps that made it awkward for him, as he was not accustomed to having his wife in such close proximity with him daily.

  • In Rome the temple of Vesta is the king's hearth, situated, as one would expect, in close proximity to the regia.

  • The proximity of Asia and the remoteness from civilised centres were scarcely perceptible.

  • In short, birth was fortuitous, a product of circumstance plus proximity, its get a biological accident.

  • Its very diminutive stove stands near to its extremely small door, which is in close proximity to its unusually little window.