proximate

Direct or immediate.

Very near or next, as in space, time, or order. synonym: close.

Next; immediate; without the intervention of a third.

Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.

an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis.

That which in ordinary natural sequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbing agencies intervening.

one of a class of bodies existing ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separable by chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc.

Close or closest; adjacent.

Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.

About to take place; impending.