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propinquity

N ความ ใกล้ กัน (เวลา หรือ สถานที่  nearness contiguity kwan-kai-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROPINQUITY

n.[L. propinquitas, from propinquus, near. ] 1. Nearness in place; neighborhood.
2. Nearness in time.
3. Nearness of blood; kindred.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROPINQUITY

Pro *pin "qui *ty, n. Etym: [L. propinquitas, from propinquus near, neighboring, from prope near. ]

 

1. Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity.

 

2. Nearness in time. Sir T. Browne.

 

3. Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

propinquity

pro pin qui ty |prəˈpiNGkwətē prəˈpɪŋkwədi | noun 1 the state of being close to someone or something; proximity: he kept his distance as though afraid propinquity might lead him into temptation. 2 technical close kinship. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French propinquité, from Latin propinquitas, from propinquus near, from prope near to.

 

Oxford Dictionary

propinquity

propinquity |prəˈpɪŋkwɪti | noun [ mass noun ] 1 formal the state of being close to someone or something; proximity: he kept his distance as though afraid propinquity might lead him into temptation. 2 technical close kinship. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French propinquité, from Latin propinquitas, from propinquus near , from prope near to .

 

Oxford Thesaurus

propinquity

propinquity noun 1 discussion of family support often seems to assume geographical propinquity: proximity, closeness, nearness, adjacency; rare contiguity, contiguousness, vicinity, vicinage. 2 propinquity of descent: close kinship, close relationship, family connection, blood ties, consanguinity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

propinquity

pro pin qui ty /prəpɪ́ŋkwəti /名詞 U かたく «…に » (場所 関係の )近いこと ; «…との » 相似, 類似 ; «…への » 近接 «to » .