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Adjacent

Adjacent Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Adjacent? [adj] near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities" [adj] nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" [adj] having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Adjacent: abutting \| adjoining \| bordering(a) \| close \| connected \| conterminous \| contiguous \| near \| neighboring(a) \| next \| side by side(p) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Adjacent: abutting \| adjoining \| attached \| bordering \| close-by \| closest \| connected \| connecting \| consecutive \| conterminous \| contiguous \| coterminous \| end to end \| endways \| endwise \| face to face \| handy \| immediate \| joined \| juxtaposed \| juxtapositional \| juxtapositive \| linked \| nearby \| nearest \| neighbor \| neighboring \| next \| successive \| touching See Also \| Adjacent In Webster's Dictionary \Adja"cent\, a. [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jac[=e]re to lie: cf. F. adjacent.] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. ``The adjacent forest.'' --B. Jonson. {Adjacent} or {contiguous angle}. (Geom.) See {Angle}. Syn: Adjoining; contiguous; near. Usage: {Adjacent}, {Adjoining}, {Contiguous}. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc. I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. --Howell. Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain. \Adja"cent\, n. That which is adjacent. [R.] --Locke.

Adjacent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adjacent?

[adj] near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"
[adj] nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"
[adj] having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"

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Adjacent In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad*ja"cent\, a. [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of
adjacere to lie near; ad + jac[=e]re to lie: cf. F.
adjacent.]
Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on;
as, a field adjacent to the highway. ``The adjacent forest.''
--B. Jonson.

{Adjacent} or {contiguous angle}. (Geom.) See {Angle}.

Syn: Adjoining; contiguous; near.

Usage: {Adjacent}, {Adjoining}, {Contiguous}. Things are
       adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary
       in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent
       villages, etc.

             I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles
             is peopled with Christians.       --Howell.
       Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or
       point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining
       highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch
       with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a
       row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a
       plain.


\Ad*ja"cent\, n.
That which is adjacent. [R.] --Locke.

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