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ad·ja·cent 
[uh-jey-suhnt] Pronunciation Key
[uh-jey-suhnt] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway. |
| 2. | just before, after, or facing: a map on an adjacent page. |
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| ad·ja·cent
(ə-jā'sənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Middle English, from Latin adiacēns, adiacent-, present participle of adiacēre, to lie near : ad-, ad- + iacēre, to lie; see yē- in Indo-European roots.] ad·ja'cent·ly adv. |
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adjacent
c.1430, from L. adjacentem (nom. adjacens) "lying at," prp. of adjacere "lie near," from ad- "to" + jacere "to lie, rest," lit. "to throw" (see jet (v.)), with notion of "to cast (oneself) down."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| adjacent | |
adjective | |
| 1. | 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" |
| 2. | having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "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" |
| 3. | near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Adjacent
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Adjacent
Ad*ja"cent\, n. That which is adjacent. [R.] --Locke.
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