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Adjacent

Adjacent (adjacent)
a.((?))
Ad*ja"cent
[L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jac***emacr]re to lie: cf. F. adjacent.]
  1. 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. -- 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.


Adjacent

Adjacent (adjacent)
n.
Ad*ja"cent
  1. That which is adjacent.
    [R.] Locke.













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