The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prox \Prox\, n. [Cf. Proxy.]
``The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to
the people for their votes.'' [Rhode Island]
--Bartlett.
Wiktionary
n. (context US Rhode Island English) The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.
WordNet
adj. in or of the next month after the present; "scheduled for the 6th prox" [syn: proximo]
Wikipedia
PROX is an acronym for PReferential OXidation, and refers to the preferential oxidation of a gas on a catalyst.
The catalyst preferentially oxidises carbon monoxide (CO) using a heterogeneous catalyst placed upon a ceramic support. Catalysts include metals such as platinum, platinum/iron, platinum/ruthenium, gold nanoparticles as well as novel copper oxide/ceramic conglomerate catalysts.
PROX may refer to:
- PReferential OXidation
- The stock symbol of Proximus in Euronext.
Usage examples of "prox".
Hij begreep dat Masao Yanoguchi onder druk werd gezet om op de uitgaven te bezuinigen, omdat de mijnbouw op de maan tenslotte toch op niets leek uit te gaan draaien, en de beste manier om te bezuinigen was het uitschakelen van mensen in het proces.
Barizel a plus de seize ans, elle a toujours moins de vingt-un ans et, par consequent, la plainte peut etre deposee et le proces peut etre fait.
Flies: observed hatch out from grapelike fruit cluster on seed tree in outer forest, prox.
Then, in a panic unprecedented in her two centuries of life, she tried to access farnet and prox. No response.
Flies: observed hatch out from grapelike fruit cluster on seed tree in outer forest, prox. 400m S.
And shortly of this proces for to trete, So doghty was hir housbonde and eek she, That they conquered manye regnes grete In the orient, with many a faire citee, Apertenaunt unto the magestee Of Rome, and with strong hond held hem ful faste, Ne nevere myghte hir foomen doon hem flee, Ay whil that Odenakes dayes laste.
He watched, amazed, a few moments later, when the proces sion of the Do'Urden army, patron and son, soldiers and clerics, and the slow-moving line of two dozen drow zom bies, made its way back home.
He had retained it within minutes of learning of the crash on Pluto by the intersystem ship returning from Prox.