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prox¹

  • /pɹɒks/

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noun proxes

  1. US The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes. on the election day at Newport , the ticket containing the names of the general officers has been called “ the prox” of general officers

PROX²

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of preferential oxidation

Prox³

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Proxima Centauri
  2. Some inhabited planet of the Proxima Centauri system.

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@misc{prox_2026,
  title = {prox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}