proximate
adjective /ˈprɒksɪmət/
/ˈprɑːksɪmət/
[usually before noun] (specialist)- nearest in time, order, etc. to something
(时间、顺序等)最接近的,最邻近的 词源late 16th cent.: from Latin proximatus ‘drawn near’, past participle of proximare, from proximus ‘nearest’.