Definitions for adjacent
əˈdʒeɪ səntad·ja·cent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. adjacentadjective

   near or close to but not necessarily touching

   "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adjacentnoun

   Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.

2. 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.

3. adjacentadjective

   Just before, after, or facing.

   The picture is on the adjacent page.

4. adjacentpreposition

   Next to; adjacent to; beside.

5. Etymology: adiacens, adiacentis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Adjacentadjective

   lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway

2. Adjacentnoun

   that which is adjacent

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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 TermsRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'adjacent' in Adjectives Frequency: #981

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How to pronounce adjacent?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say adjacent in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of adjacent in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of adjacent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of adjacent in a Sentence

1. Los Angeles Fire Department:

   The well-coordinated LAFD defensive operations prevented either of two adjacent businesses from sustaining fire damage.

2. Ben Marsh:

   I have seen where people, most often unwittingly shared misinformation that came from a QAnon or a Q-adjacent source.

3. Seth Basham:

   Best Buy Buy has developed a strong delivery and assembly business for big-ticket items such as TVs and appliances, grills and outdoor furniture [ are ] a nicely adjacent category.

4. The Police Department:

   During the investigation, it was determined Robert Matthew Van Winkle played a role in the burglary and theft. Mr. Van Winkle is currently renovating the residence adjacent to the property in which the items were stolen. A search warrant was obtained and executed in unincorporated Palm Beach County in which several of the stolen items were recovered at a residence under the care and control of Robert Van Winkle.

5. Santa Fe High School:

   There have been explosives devices found in the high school and surrounding areas adjacent to the high school, because of the threat of explosive items, community members should be on the look-out for suspicious packages and anything that looks out of place.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=adjacent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Adjacent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=adjacent
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjacent
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=adjacent
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=adjacent
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=adjacent