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proximity
[OED]: 2. The fact, condition, or position of being near or close by in space; nearness.
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Source:
Piaget and Inhelder (1967)
The most elementary spatial relationship which can be grasped by perception…corresponding to the simplest type of perceptual structurization, namely the 'nearby-ness' of elements belonging to the same perceptual field (p 6)