Proxy

Adjective

 * 1) Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
 * a proxy indicator
 * a proxy measurement

Noun

 * 1) An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
 * 2) The authority to act for another, especially when written.
 * 3)  An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
 * 4)  A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another

Synonyms

 * deputy
 * substitute
 * representative
 * See also Thesaurus:deputy

Derived terms

 * proxy battle
 * proxy card
 * proxy fight


 * proxy pattern
 * proxy server
 * proxy voting
 * proxy war

Verb

 * 1) To serve as a proxy for.
 * 2) * 1983, Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, page 143
 * In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.
 * 1)  To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to an other server for service.

Noun

 * 1)  A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
 * 2) * 2001, "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ
 * (Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy..!)
 * 1) * 2001, "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough
 * the only means the Protectors have of delaying is by laying mines and Sentry Guns, and the Runners can only use the Magnums to blow up Proxies and Sentries.
 * 1) * 2002, "yc", Super Smash Bros.: Kirby
 * Usually, the only reason I play in Yoshi's Island is to have fun with the clouds - put proxies on them, taunt from them, whatever.
 * 1) * 2006, "eatyourmumshead", Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Online Mode FAQ
 * You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do [sic] evade the proxies.

Synonyms

 * proxy mine

Thesaurus
Australian ballot, Hare system, Indiana ballot, Massachusetts ballot, absentee ballot, advocate, agency, agent, agentship, alter ego, alternate, alternative, amicus curiae, analogy, assignee, assignment, attorney, authority, authorization, aye, backup, backup man, ballot, ballot-box stuffer, balloter, blanket ballot, brevet, canvass, canvassing, care, casting vote, champion, change, changeling, charge, commission, commissioning, commitment, comparison, consignment, copy, counterfeit, counting heads, cumulative voting, cure, deciding vote, delegate, delegated authority, delegation, deputation, deputy, devolution, devolvement, division, double, dummy, elector, embassy, empowerment, enfranchisement, entrusting, entrustment, equal, equivalent, errand, ersatz, exchange, executive officer, executorship, exequatur, exponent, factor, factorship, fagot vote, fake, figurehead, fill-in, floater, franchise, fraudulent voter, full power, ghost, ghostwriter, graveyard vote, hand vote, imitation, jurisdiction, legation, license, lieutenancy, lieutenant, list system, locum, locum tenens, long ballot, makeshift, mandate, metaphor, metonymy, mission, mock, nay, next best thing, no, nonpartisan ballot, nontransferable vote, office, office-block ballot, paranymph, party emblem, party-column ballot, personnel, phony, pinch, pinch hitter, pleader, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plenipotentiary power, plumper, plural vote, poll, polling, power of attorney, power to act, preferential voting, procuration, procurator, proportional representation, provisional, purview, record vote, referendum, regency, regentship, registered voter, relief, repeater, replacement, representation, representative, reserve, reserves, responsibility, right to vote, ringer, rising vote, sample ballot, say, second in command, second string, secondary, secret ballot, short ballot, show of hands, sign, single vote, slate, snap vote, spare, spares, split ticket, stand-in, stopgap, straight ticket, straw vote, sub, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, suffrage, superseder, supplanter, surrogate, symbol, synecdoche, task, temporary, tentative, third string, ticket, token, transferable vote, trust, trusteeship, understudy, utility, utility man, utility player, vicar, vicar general, vicarious, vicarious authority, vice, vice-president, vice-regent, vicegerent, viva voce, voice, voice vote, vote, voter, voting, voting right, warrant, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yeas and nays, yes

Etymology 1
Contraction of procuracie, from  procuratia, from  procuratio.

Etymology 2
proximity + -y

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, Stellvertreterin
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: полномошник, ополномоштеник


 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk:, , ,
 * Portuguese: procurador, procuradora
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ställföreträdare
 * Turkish: ihda, vekil


 * Arabic: إنابة, استنابة, تفويض, توكيل
 * Finnish: valtakirja,
 * French: mandat
 * German: Bevollmächtigte, Bevollmächtigter
 * Greek:
 * Italian: delega


 * Macedonian: полномоштво
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Portuguese: procuração
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: fullmakt
 * Turkish: yetkili temsilci


 * French:
 * German: Proxyserver
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: застапник


 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, ,
 * Nynorsk: ,
 * Turkish: proxy, vekil sunucu


 * French:


 * Italian: misura indiretta

Noun

 * 1)  proxy (interface program)