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proximate definition

proxi·mate (präk′sə mət)

adjective

  1. next or nearest in space, order, time, etc.
  2. nearly accurate; approximate

Etymology: LL proximatus, pp. of proximare, to come near < L proximus, nearest, superl. of prope, near

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