Word.ws English Dictionary

proximation

proximation noun: proximity.

Noun

proximation (countable and uncountable, plural proximations)

  1. proximity
    • Then, as Watt still waited for the figure to draw very near indeed, he realized that it was not necessary, not at all necessary, that the figure should draw very near indeed, but that a moderate proximation would be more than sufficient. For Watt's concern, deep as it appeared, was not after all...1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
  2. approximation

Forms of proximation

pluralproximations

Origin of proximation

From approximation.

Questions about proximation

What does proximation mean?
Proximation means proximity.
What part of speech is proximation?
Proximation is a noun.
What is the plural of proximation?
The plural of proximation is proximations.

Words near proximation in the dictionary

  1. proximate principle
  2. proximate principles
  3. proximately
  4. proximateness
  5. proximates
  6. proximation
  7. proximations
  8. proximative
  9. proximatives
  10. proxime
  11. proxime accessit

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: proximation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “proximation.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/proximation. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.