Definizione monolingua

proximally

proximally (comparative more proximally, superlative most proximally)

1. (of causation) Immediately; most directly
   • 2008,, C. S. Jenkins and Daniel Nolan, “Backwards explanation”, Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, DOI:10.1007/s11098-008-9228-y:?

     A horticulturalist might know that scarlet pimpernels always close up before rain without having any idea whether it is increasing moisture levels, […] or whatever, that they are proximally responding to.

2. (medicine) In the proximal direction: reverse of distally

Definizione dizionario proximally

Altri significati:

(of causation) Immediately; most directly

(medicine) In the proximal direction: reverse of distally