unadjacent
sənt 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 Middle English < Latin adjacent- (stem of adjacēns, present participle of adjacēre to adjoin), equivalent to ad- ad- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin adjacent- (stem of adjacēns, present participle of adjacēre to adjoin), equivalent to ad- ad- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent
Related forms
ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
non·ad·ja·cent, adjective
non·ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
sub·ad·ja·cent, adjective
sub·ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
su·per·ad·ja·cent, adjective
su·per·ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
un·ad·ja·cent, adjective
un·ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
Antonyms
distant.
distant.
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adjacent (əˈdʒeɪsənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous |
| 2. | maths |
| a. (of a pair of vertices in a graph) joined by a common edge | |
| b. (of a pair of edges in a graph) meeting at a common vertex | |
| —n | |
| 3. | geometry the side lying between a specified angle and a right angle in a right-angled triangle |
| [C15: from Latin adjacēre to lie next to, from ad- near + jacēre to lie] | |
| ad'jacency | |
| —n | |
| ad'jacently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
adjacent
early 15c., 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."
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