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closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals" very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"
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| pyrosis |
heartburn: a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder
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| prick |
prickle: make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" prick up: raise; "The dog pricked up his ears" asshole: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous goad: stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick incision: a depression scratched or carved into a surface prickle: cause a prickling sensation cock: obscene terms for penis to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" sting: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick"
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| paradoxical |
seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true; "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking"
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| parity |
(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children" (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity; "parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data" parity bit: (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system functional equality
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