English-Thai Dictionary

proximate

ADJ ใกล้  ใกล้ชิด  adjacent approximate near kai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROXIMATE

a.[L. superl. proximus.] Nearest; next. A proximate cause is that which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate or predisposing cause.

 

PROXIMATELY

adv. Immediately; by immediate relation to or effect on.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROXIMATE

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. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

PROXIMATELY

PROXIMATELY Prox "i *mate *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

proximate

prox i mate |ˈpräksəmit ˈprɑksəmət | ▶adjective 1 (esp. of a cause of something ) closest in relationship; immediate: that storm was the proximate cause of damage to it. • closest in space or time: the failure of the proximate military power to lend assistance. 2 nearly accurate; approximate: he would try to change her speech into proximate ladylikeness. DERIVATIVES prox i mate ly adverb, prox i ma tion |ˌpräksəˈmāSHən |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin proximatus ‘drawn near, ’ past participle of proximare, from proximus ‘nearest. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

proximate

prox ¦im |ate |ˈprɒksɪmət | ▶adjective 1 (especially of the cause of something ) closest in relationship; immediate. • closest in space or time: the failure of the proximate military power to lend assistance. 2 nearly accurate; approximate. DERIVATIVES proximately adverb, proximation noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin proximatus ‘drawn near ’, past participle of proximare, from proximus ‘nearest ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

proximate

prox i mate /prɑ́ksɪmət |prɔ́k -/形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈場所 時間 関係などが 〉 «…に » 最も近い ; «…の » 直前 [直後 ]の «to » .2 〖名詞 の前で 〗直接の 〈原因など 〉; 近似の .