Thesaurus: adjacent

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1. a. Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.
2. n. That which is adjacent.
3. adj. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
4. adj. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
5. adj. near or close to but not necessarily touching
6. 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. That which is adjacent. [R.] Locke.
7. 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.
8. i:37/j:63 s. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space s. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut" s. near or close to but not necessarily touching