Proximity
nounid
109134·updated May 18, 2026verified
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
polysemous
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Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- law of proximitypropinquity
- plural
- Proximities
- possessive
- Proximity's
- pluralpossessive
- Proximities'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the property of being close together
- §2
- 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
- §3
- the region close around a person or thing
- §1 · legacy_primary
- 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 unitDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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