proximity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the property of being close together
Types & categories
- nearness hypernym
Related & opposite
- proximal derivation
Sense 2 noun
the region close around a person or thing
Types & categories
- neighborhood hypernym
- presence hyponym
Sense 3 noun
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit
Types & categories
- Gestalt law of organization hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proximal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | nearness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | neighborhood |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | presence |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | Gestalt law of organization |