Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Proximate
Prox′i-mate
,Adj.
[L.
proximatus
, p. p. of proximare
to come near, to approach, fr. proximus
the nearest, nest, superl. of propior
nearer, and prope
, adv., near.] Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.
“Proximate ancestors.” J. S. Harford.
The
proximate
natural causes of it [the deluge]. T. Burnet.
Proximate analysis
(Chem.)
, an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis.
– Proximate cause
. (a)
A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, or predisposing cause.
I. Watts.
(b)
That which in ordinary natural sequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbing agencies intervening.
– Proximate principle
(Physiol. Chem.)
, one of a class of bodies existing ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separable by chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc.
Syn. – Nearest; next; closest; immediate; direct.
Webster 1828 Edition
Proximate
PROX'IMATE
,Adj.