Closest or nearest object Referring to the tract center that is the least direct distance away from the district centroid More definitive than adjacent or next in order by reference to the northwest-southwest scan line, used to select the starting tract for the next district compilation Distance between the centroid and the center points of adjacent tracts can be determined by a simple longtitude/latitude measurement Jump: Accumulator Animation, Seed Tract, Accumulator Method
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
immediately preceding or following (as in a chain of events, causes, or effects); close/near (contrast "ultimate")
very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses" 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