Prox

//pɹɒks// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes. US

    "on the election day at Newport , the ticket containing the names of the general officers has been called “ the prox” of general officers"

  2. 2
    Acronym of preferential oxidation. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    in or of the next month after the present wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Proxima Centauri. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Some inhabited planet of the Proxima Centauri system.

Synonyms

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proxima centauriproximoproximo

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"on the election day at Newport , the ticket containing the names of the general officers has been called “ the prox” of general officers"

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