sə.mət/, /ˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɔk.sɪ.mət/ proximate (not comparable) Close or closest; adjacent. 1681, Thomas Burnet, “The...
From proximate + -ly. proximately (comparative more proximately, superlative most proximately) In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately...
From proximate + -ive, by apparent analogy with obviative. proximative (plural proximatives) (linguistics) Synonym of proximate proximative (not comparable)...
English Wikipedia has an article on: proximate cause Wikipedia proximate cause (plural proximate causes) (law) An event which, in a natural and continuous...
proximate principle (plural proximate principles) (biochemistry, archaic) Any of a class of substances found ready-formed in animal and vegetable tissues...