Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: abutting, adjoining, bordering(a), close, connected, conterminous, contiguous, near, neighboring(a), next, side by side(p)

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