nearness

Other forms: nearnesses

Definitions of nearness
  1. noun
    the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
    synonyms: closeness
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    antonyms:
    farness
    the property of being remote
    types:
    propinquity, proximity
    the property of being close together
    adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness
    the attribute of being so near as to be touching
    type of:
    distance
    the property created by the space between two objects or points
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