👉 The term "proximal" in the context of mathematics refers to a point or an object that is closer to another object, particularly when one is moving towards it. For example, if we are trying to find the distance between two points A and B on a line segment AB, the "proximal" point C would be the point that is closer to B than to A. In other words, the proximal point of an object or a line segment is the closest point to it from a