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adjacent

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ad·ja·cent  (-jsnt)
adj.
1. Close to; lying near: adjacent cities.
2. Next to; adjoining: adjacent garden plots.

[Middle English, from Latin adiacns, adiacent-, present participle of adiacre, to lie near : ad-, ad- + iacre, to lie; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

ad·jacent·ly adv.

adjacent [əˈdʒeɪsənt]
adj
1. being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous
2. (Mathematics) 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
(Mathematics) Geometry the side lying between a specified angle and a right angle in a right-angled triangle
[from Latin adjacēre to lie next to, from ad- near + jacēre to lie]
adjacency  n
adjacently  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.adjacent - 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"
close - at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"
2.adjacent - 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"
connected - joined or linked together
3.adjacent - near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"
near, nigh, close - not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"

adjacent
adjective
adjoining, neighbouring, nearby, abutting The fire quickly spread to adjacent shops.
adjoining separated, remote, distant, far away
preposition
(with to) next to, touching, close to, neighbouring, beside, near to, adjoining, bordering on, next door to, abutting, cheek by jowl with, alongside of, contiguous to, within sniffing distance of (informal), proximate to offices adjacent to the museum
Translations
adjacent [əˈdʒeɪsənt] ADJcontiguo; [angle] → adyacente
adjacent tocontiguo a

adjacent [əˈdʒeɪsənt] adj [room, building] → adjacent(e), contigu/guë
adjacent to → adjacent(e) Ã

adjacent
adjangrenzend; to be adjacent to somethingan etw (acc)angrenzen, neben etw (dat)liegen; the adjacent roomdas Nebenzimmer, das Zimmer nebenan

adjacent [əˈdʒeɪsnt] adj adjacent (to)adiacente (a)

adjacent
adj adjacent [əˈdʒeisənt]
(often withto) lying next (to) We had adjacent rooms in the hotel; They have bought the house adjacent to mine. langs مُجَاوِر، مُتَاخِم، قَرِيب مِن съседен sousední tilstødende angrenzend διπλανός adyacente kõrvutine مجاور viereinen adjacent סָמוּך ל-, צָמוּד ל- निकटवर्ती susjedan szomszédos berhampiran, berdampingan aðliggjandi adiacente 隣接した 인접한 gretimas blakus bersebelahan aangrenzend tilstøtende, ved siden av (hverandre) przylegający, przyległy vizinho învecinat, vecin смежный; соседний susedný soseden susedni angränsande, närliggande ติดกัน bitişik 毗鄰的 прилеглий, сусідній متصل ، ملحق ، ملا ہوا liền kề

adjacent مجاور přilehlý tilstødende angrenzend διπλανός adyacente viereinen adjacent susjedan adiacente 近接した 인접한 naast tilstøtende graniczący adjacente смежный närliggande ติดกัน bitişik liền kề 邻近的


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