temporal proximity

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporalandproximity

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temporal
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.əl/
us
/ˈtem.pɚ.əl/
formal
relating to practical matters or physical things, rather than ...
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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 oftemporalandproximityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Secondly, we examine variations in the effects of smoking according to indicators of thetemporalproximityand intensity of daily smoking.
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Or additionally, among the non-synchronous states, did variations in thetemporalproximityof congressional and presidential elections further affect voter turnout levels?
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One possible explanation of this divergence across age groups is the differenttemporalproximityof the prior victimizations.
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First, the level of contagion in a given race was likely affected by thetemporalproximityof any two sequential election dates.
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Sometimes key elements needed to be able to decide on the level oftemporalproximitythat speakers grant their verbal acts are missing.
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Likewise, the natural principles guiding the initial chunking of primitives will no longer betemporalproximity, but spatial contiguity.
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Pauses, in fact, partly determine the content of the attentional focus, because attention naturally gathers events in closetemporalproximity.
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For example, lexical disambiguation depends on thetemporalproximitybetween the target and the context.
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The second one is based ontemporalproximity.
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If a code did not involve anger or occur intemporalproximity(within 2 s) of an anger code, it was excluded from the angry distress index.
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The term diaspora may not appropriate to the present situation, with its spatial andtemporalproximity of place of exile and homeland, and the active resistance displacement has generated.
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Although merely a trend, this finding lends support to theories that describe elevations in basal cortisol levels that are evident in closetemporalproximityto initial stress exposure.
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There is atemporalproximitybetween the adjacent references to the same memory location.
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This effect was demonstrated using the attentional blink paradigm in which 2 target items are presented in closetemporalproximitywithin a stream of rapidly presented stimuli.
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