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adjacent

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ad⋅ja⋅cent

  [uh-jey-suhnt]
Use adjacent in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L adjacent- (s. of adjacēns, prp. of adjacēre to adjoin), equiv. to ad- ad- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
ad⋅ja⋅cent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. abutting, juxtaposed, touching. See adjoining.

Antonyms:
distant.
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ad·ja·cent   (ə-jā'sənt)   
adj.  

  1. Close to; lying near: adjacent cities.

  2. Next to; adjoining: adjacent garden plots.


[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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Word Origin & History

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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Computing Dictionary

adjacent
adjacency

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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