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Definition of Adjacent
1. Adjective. Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space. "Our rooms were side by side"
2. Adjective. Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching. "Neighboring cities"
Similar to: Connected
Derivative terms: Adjacency, Contiguity, Contiguousness
3. Adjective. Near or close to but not necessarily touching. "New York and adjacent cities"
Definition of Adjacent
1. a. Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.
2. n. That which is adjacent.
Definition of Adjacent
1. Adjective. Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on. ¹
2. Adjective. Just before, after, or facing. ¹
3. Noun. Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite. ¹
4. Preposition. (American English) Next to; adjacent to; beside. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adjacent
1. next to [adj]
Medical Definition of Adjacent
1. Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." Adjacent or contiguous angle. 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. Synonym: Adjoining, contiguous, near. Origin: L. Adjacens, -centis, p. Pr. Of adjacere to lie near; ad + jacre to lie: cf. F. Adjacent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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