Definition of adjecent
1. adjacent [ a ] nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
Examples:
"had adjacent rooms"
"in the next room"
"the person sitting next to me"
"our rooms were side by side"
(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)
Microscopically , there was hyperemia of the central veins , and there was some atrophy of adjacent parenchyma .
The necrosis often involved only a portion of the length of a given fiber , and usually the immediately adjacent fibers were normal .
(R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)
As s increases we consider the two free corner points of the square , **f and **f , adjacent to P and Q respectively .
We erect a square with PQ as a side and with free corners **f and **f adjacent to P and Q respectively .
Synonyms next adjacent side_by_side Related Terms close2. adjacent [ a ] nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
Examples:
"had adjacent rooms"
"in the next room"
"the person sitting next to me"
"our rooms were side by side"
3. adjacent [ a ] having a common boundary or edge; touching
Examples:
"abutting lots"
"adjoining rooms"
"Rhode Island has two bordering states
Massachusetts and Connecticut"
"the side of Germany conterminous with France"
"Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"
(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)
The total heat loss through the anode holder included also the heat conducted through the base of the cylindrical piece into the adjacent metal parts .
(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)
The area adjacent to one edge of a piece of affixed material - or simply of a painted in form - will be shaded to pry that edge away from the surface , while something will be drawn , painted or even pasted over another part of the same shape to drive it back into depth .
Synonyms adjoining adjacent bordering conterminous contiguous neighboring abutting Related Terms connected4. adjacent [ a ] near or close to but not necessarily touching
Examples:
"lands adjacent to the mountains"
"New York and adjacent cities"
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