proximity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the property of being close together
    propinquity.
  2. noun the region close around a person or thing
  3. noun 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
    law of proximity.

WordNet

Prox*im"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. proximitas: cf. F. proximité See Proximate, and cf. Propinquity, Approach.
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
    If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with ease withstood. Dryden.

Webster 1913