What does adjacent mean?
Definitions for adjacent
əˈdʒeɪ səntad·ja·cent
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word adjacent.
Princeton's WordNet
adjacent, next, side by side(p)adjective
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"
adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)adjective
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"
adjacentadjective
near or close to but not necessarily touching
"lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"
Wiktionary
adjacentnoun
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
adjacentadjective
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
adjacentadjective
Just before, after, or facing.
The picture is on the adjacent page.
adjacentpreposition
Next to; adjacent to; beside.
Etymology: adiacens, adiacentis.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Adjacentadjective
Lying close; bordering upon something.
Etymology: adjacens, Lat.
It may corrupt within itself, although no part of it issue into the body adjacent. Francis Bacon, Nat. History, №. 771.
Uniform pellucid mediums, such as water, have no sensible reflection but in their external superficies, where they are adjacent to other mediums of a different density. Isaac Newton, Opt.
Adjacentnoun
That which lies next another.
The sense of the author goes visibly in its own train, and the words receiving a determined sense from their companions and adjacents, will not consent to give countenance and colour to what must be supported at any rate. John Locke, Ess. upon S. Paul.
ChatGPT
adjacent
Adjacent refers to something being next to or adjoining something else. It indicates immediate proximity without necessarily implying direct contact or continuity. The term is often used in various contexts such as mathematics, geography, and general use to describe the position of various objects, places, or concepts in relation to others.
adjacent
Adjacent refers to something being near, next to, or adjoining something else. It could be used to describe positions of rooms in a building, sides of a geometric figure, or nodes in a network, and so on. It essentially describes the positional relationship between two or more entities.
adjacent
Adjacent generally refers to something that is next to or adjoining something else. It defines the qualitative spatial relation between two entities which are side by side, near in space, or directly touching. This term is widely used in various sectors such as science, mathematics, technology, and geography.
Webster Dictionary
Adjacentadjective
lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway
Adjacentnoun
that which is adjacent
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Adjacent
ad-jās′ent, adj. lying near to: contiguous.—n. Adjac′ency, the state of being near: that which is adjacent.—adv. Adjac′ently. [L. ad, to, jacēre, to lie.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
adjacent
Lying close to another object; a word applied to the relative situations of capes or bays from the ship.--Adjacent angle is one immediately contiguous to another, so that they have one common side.
British National Corpus
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'adjacent' in Adjectives Frequency: #981
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of adjacent in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of adjacent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of adjacent in a Sentence
My house sounds like the ocean, there are three houses adjacent to mine that also lost their roof.
I have seen where people, most often unwittingly shared misinformation that came from a QAnon or a Q-adjacent source.
The Custer County Sheriffs Office:
We were notified the vehicle did not appear to have any significant damage to it and was most likely abandoned in a field adjacent to a residential area, adeputy [was sent] to Walsenburg for processing the vehicle and coordination.
The shooting happened adjacent to the primary building.
The meeting ended when I was handcuffed by a detective and locked in a small room adjacent to the interview room, approximately 20 minutes later, I was removed .?.?. still handcuffed and marched through the precinct. I was processed and ultimately placed in a holding cell.
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- المجاورArabic
- съседен, близък, допиращ сеBulgarian
- লাগোয়া, সন্নিহিত, সংলগ্নBengali
- adjacentCatalan, Valencian
- přilehlýCzech
- benachbart, daneben, anliegend, nachfolgend, umliegend, darauffolgendGerman
- γειτονικόςGreek
- contiguo, colindante, adyacenteSpanish
- مجاور, همسایهPersian
- viereinenFinnish
- adjacentFrench
- dlùthScottish Gaelic
- सटा हुआHindi
- szomszédosHungarian
- berdekatanIndonesian
- adiacenteItalian
- 隣接Japanese
- er naast liggend, belendend, aangrenzend, aanpalend, tegenoverstaandDutch
- neste, nabo-, foregående, forutgående, ved siden av, motsatt, etterfølgende, følgende, påfølgendeNorwegian
- sąsiadujący, przyległy, przylegającyPolish
- adjacentePortuguese
- adiacentRomanian
- примыкающий, прилегающий, соседнийRussian
- intilliggandeSwedish
- அடுத்தடுத்தTamil
- bitişikTurkish
- СусіднійUkrainian
- liền kềVietnamese
- 邻Chinese
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