close proximity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcloseandproximity
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close
adjective
uk/kləʊs/us/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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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 ofcloseandproximityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Breeds of similar size would be positioned incloseproximityalong the axis defined as size.
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The first, more tentative, is that you know can occur incloseproximityto the verb "know" in its basic function.
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Spoken words can have several elements produced incloseproximity, as for example, in consonant clusters.
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It frequently occurs incloseproximitywith conjunct motion, as noted in several instances above.
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During the transition from one room to another and during the measuring process, the experimenter/stranger was in verycloseproximityto the child.
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Pending fuller observation or special experiment we must be careful not to apply this measure incloseproximityto areas in which it occurs.
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They would also interact strongly because of theircloseproximity.
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The justification for the plural concord here, therefore, is thecloseproximitybetween the verb and the noun with which it agrees in number.
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With these equations, the lifting surface problem for a wing incloseproximityt o the ground becomes a direct although perhaps tedious problem.
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Thus, plots incloseproximityto each other are more similar than are plots that are further apart.
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Thecloseproximityof synaptic inputs and outputs on amacrine cell processes suggests that some regions of the cell can function independently of others.
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Our observations showed acloseproximitybetween endoplasmic reticulum cisternae and cortical granules.
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However, the effect is small and the test spot must be incloseproximityto the ver tical meridian for it to be observed.
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Section 4 contains a statistical analysis of simulated data demonstrating theircloseproximityto empirical records in the sense of scaling laws with "realistic" exponents.
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However, when such tumours are benign and located incloseproximityto critical structures, tumour management becomes all the more challenging.
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He visited rural villages and witnessed how the different groups lived incloseproximityto one another.
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Thecloseproximityto the prince's residence reflected, in space, his close relations with the beylical court.
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