physical proximity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalandproximity
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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proximity
noun[U]
uk/prɒkˈsɪm.ə.ti/us/prɑːkˈsɪm.ə.t̬i/
the state of being near in space ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandproximityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Physicalproximityand contact, as well as the nature of verbal exchanges, were used to classify and rate in both systems.
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That adult children provide services to their parents and that they in turn provide regular baby-sitting depends on thephysicalproximityof parents and children to each other.
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High population density,physicalproximity, and a high volume of trade are hypothesized to lead to a greater exchange of ideas, which in turn raises economic growth.
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The first derives from the propensity of deixis to set up relations of almostphysicalproximitybetween the speaker and the others or the environment created by his words.
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Thus, six component types of approach behaviors were derived: social verbal, social nonverbal,physicalproximity, physical contact, object verbal, and object nonverbal.
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The urban geography of and increasedphysicalproximitywithin the emerging ghetto made a collective and cooperative response both logical and efficacious.
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Connection constraints are mostly derived from thephysicalproximityof components in the module.
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Because, however, these required temporal andphysicalproximityto the cared-for individual, they had the potential to restrict and damage social networks.
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Folding of the hairpin ribozyme in its natural conformation achieves closephysicalproximityof the loops.
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Other factors -physicalproximityamong trading partners, for instance, or the density of commercial relations - invite a comparative glance.
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On a relatively small arena stage,physicalproximityto the actors magnifies spectators' tension and relief. 55.
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Parents of autistic children tended to use more attentiongetting behaviors, increase theirphysicalproximity, and use more nonverbal prompts than parents in the other groups.
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Thephysicalproximityof households to one another is a marginal and weak explanatory variable, which drops out of significance when other variables are added.
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Thus, in settings propitious for interaction,physicalproximitywas hardly ever transformed into concrete forms of cooperation between the workers.
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Thephysicalproximityof the voluntary agencies to the local people and knowledge of rural contexts, offer greater opportunities to facilitate meaningful social change.
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The defended strategy represents an effort to maintainphysicalproximityto the caregiver without emotional intimacy through inhibition of negative affect or false positive affect.
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Physicalproximityor arrangement likely reflects the circuits' integrity.
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