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Nearness

Nearness Meaning & Definition
Nearness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nearness?

[n] the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nearness: closeness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nearness: access | accession | accord | accordance | addition | adjunct | advance | advent | affairs | affiliation | affinity | afflux | affluxion | agreement | alikeness | alliance | analogy | aping | approach | approaching | appropinquation | approximation | appulse | assemblage | assimilation | association | avarice | bond | cheapness | chumminess | closefistedness | closeness | combination | coming | coming near | coming toward | community | comparability | comparison | confinement | conformity | connectedness | connection | contiguity | contrariety | copying | correspondence | crowdedness | dealings | deduction | disjunction | familiarity | filiation | flowing toward | forthcoming | hair | hairbreadth | hairsbreadth | hardfistedness | hoarding | homology | identity | illiberality | imitation | imminence | incapaciousness | incommodiousness | inseparableness | intercourse | intimacy | intimate acquaintance | junction | liaison | likeness | likening | limitation | link | linkage | linking | mateyness | metaphor | mimicking | miserliness | mutual attraction | narrow gauge | narrowness | nearing | oncoming | palliness | parallelism | parity | penny-pinching | propinquity | proximation | proximity | rapport | relatedness | relation | relations | relationship | resemblance | restrictedness | restriction | sameness | semblance | similarity | simile | similitude | simulation | slenderness | special affinity | stinginess | straitness | strictness | sympathy | tie | tie-in | tight purse strings | tight squeeze | tightfistedness | tightness | ungenerosity | union

See Also | adjacency | contiguity | contiguousness | distance | propinquity | proximity

Nearness In Webster's Dictionary

\Near"ness\, n. The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

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