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advent collapse: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"; the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas

homology collapse: the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function

proximity collapse: the property of being close together; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit; the region close around a person or thing

foreground collapse: (computer science) a window for an active application; the part of a scene that is near the viewer; move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"; "highlight the passage so that you can find it again when you open the book"

similarity collapse: the quality of being similar; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit

immediacy collapse: lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage"; the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"; immediate intuitive awareness

avarice collapse: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); extreme greed for material wealth

confines collapse: a bounded scope; "he stayed within the confines of the city"

linkage collapse: the act of linking things together; a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion; (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go); an associative relation

relationship collapse: a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"; a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"; a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

affairs collapse: transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"

neighborhood collapse: people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"

vicinity collapse: a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

resemblance collapse: similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

parity collapse: functional equality; (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system; (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity; "parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data"; (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"

sameness collapse: the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together"

confinement collapse: the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them; the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"

comparison collapse: examining resemblances or differences; qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"; relation based on similarities and differences

simile collapse: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

simulation collapse: the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training); (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"

familiarity collapse: an act of undue intimacy; close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"; usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known

liaison collapse: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

analogy collapse: drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"; an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

restriction collapse: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"

limitation collapse: an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation); the quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations"; (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought; "statute of limitations"

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