proximate : Idioms & Phrases
Proximate analysis
(Chem.) , an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis.
Webster 1913
Proximate cause
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(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.
Webster 1913
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.
