proximity principle

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proximity principle

[proksim′itē]

Etymology: L, proximus + principium, origin

a rule that when two or more objects are close to each other, they may be seen as a perceptual unit.

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No references found			Furthermore it encourages the importation of waste for incineration which undermines the planning proximity principle "That waste should where ever possible be treated in the locality of where it is generated". Waste of council's resources; Letters letters@coventrytelegraph.net by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) In a separate action, brought by Teesside resident, also due in the High Court today, the EA will be challenged as to why it did not consider the proximity principle - under which waste is dealt with as close to its source as possible - when issuing the original waste licence. 'Ghost ships' crunch talks by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			provisional status provisional tolerable weekly intake provitamin provitamin A provitamin D2 provocation test provocative diagnosis provocative exposure provost PROWESS prox Proxemics proximad proximal proximal carcinogen proximal cavity proximal contact proximal contour proximal dental caries proximal part of prostatic urethra proximal radioulnar articulation proximal renal tubular acidosis proximalis proximate proximate cause proximity principle proximo- proximoataxia proximobuccal proxy proxymetacaine proxymetacaine hydrochloride Prozac Prozac Massacre Prozac-related suicide Prozepam prozone PrP PRPP PRRS PRSL prsthavamsa prudence prudent layperson standard prulaurasin prunasin prune belly syndrome Prune Juice Discharge Prune Juice Sputum prune-belly syndrome Pruned Tree Appearance			Proximity detector Proximity effect Proximity Effect (disambiguation) Proximity Effect Tunneling Spectroscopy Proximity Fragmentation Mine Proximity fuse Proximity fuse Proximity fuse Proximity fuses Proximity fuses proximity fuze proximity fuze Proximity Fuze Programmer Proximity fuzes Proximity Gap Suction Development Proximity in blood Proximity in degree of kinship Proximity Integrated Circuit Card Proximity Integrated Circuit Chip Proximity Link Control Word Proximity mine Proximity mine Proximity mine Proximity Mobile Transaction Service Alliance Proximity of blood Proximity Operations Plume Impingement Simulation Proximity Operations Vehicle Proximity Operations Zone Proximity Overlap Reduction Proximity Payment System Environment proximity principle Proximity Query Package proximity sensor Proximity Sensor Electronic Unit Proximity Switch Proximity Switch proximity talks Proximity Warning Device Proximity Warning Indicator Proximity Warning Indicator Proximity Warning System Proximity-Coupled Microstrip Antenna Proximity-Dependent Metabolite Transfer proximity-effect microbridge proximity-focused tube Proximity–Effect Correction PROXIML proximo proximo Próximo Passado proximo- proximoataxia proximobuccal proximoceptor Proximus est cui nemo antecedit; supremus est quem nemo sequitur Proxitane Proxitane Proxmire, William proxy proxy proxy

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