Adjacent definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ADJA'CENT, a. Lying near, close, or contiguous; bordering upon; as, a field adjacent to the highway. ADJA'CENT, n. That which is next ... 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" [syn: adjacent, next, side by side] 2: having a common boundary or ... Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring] 3: near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities" Merriam ...
in the adjacent apartment definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: at or in or to the adjacent residence; "the criminal had been living next door all this time" [syn: next door, in the adjacent house, in the adjacent apartment]
in the adjacent house definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: at or in or to the adjacent residence; "the criminal had been living next door all this time" [syn: next door, in the adjacent house, in the adjacent apartment]
... Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Latin contiguus ... along a boundary or at a point 2. of angles adjacent 2 3. next or near in time or sequence 4 ... throughout in an unbroken sequence < contiguous row houses > Synonyms: see adjacent • contiguously adverb • contiguousness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. (usu. foll ... on all sides. See Contingent.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining. The two halves of the paper did ... no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith. Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle. Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con* ...
contiguous angle definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Adjacent Ad*ja"cent, a. [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of ... lie near; ad + jac[=e]re to lie: cf. F. adjacent.] 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. Usage: Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close ...
... 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" [syn: adjacent, next, side by side] 3: (of elected officers) elected but ... nigh — more at nigh Date: before 12th century 1. immediately adjacent (as in place, rank, or time) 2. any other considered ... next man > II. preposition Date: before 12th century nearest or adjacent to III. adverb Date: 14th century 1. in the time ... the blood of Christ. --Eph. ii. 13. Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Frequency: The word ... the heaven of the shaved and the unshaved. Moby Thesaurus adjacent, adjoining, after, after all, after that, afterward, afterwards, appendant, ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ADJOIN'ING, ppr. Joining to; adjacent; contiguous. Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 15th century touching or bounding at a point or line Synonyms: see adjacent Webster's 1913 Dictionary Adjoin Ad*join", v. t. [imp ... 1913 Dictionary Adjoining Ad*join"ing, a. Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. ``The adjoining fane.'' --Dryden. Upon the hills adjoining to the city. --Shak. Syn: Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting; bordering. See Adjacent. Moby Thesaurus abutting, adjacent, bordering, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, end to end, endways, ...
... the wind; closehauled. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Near Near, prep. Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship ... in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. ``As one near death.'' --Shak. He served great ... is also true of the word nigh. Syn: Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; dear. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... Dictionary of English Synonyms I. a. 1. Nigh, close, neighboring, adjacent, contiguous, proximate, adjoining, bordering upon, approximate to, close upon, close ... draw near. Moby Thesaurus about, about to be, abutting, accost, adjacent, adjoining, advance, advancing, all but, almost, along toward, already in ...
... of rivers, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. [De. Belknap writes this intervale; I think improperly.] WordNet ... intervallic adjective U.S. Military Dictionary (*) 1. The space between adjacent groups of ships or boats measured in any direction between ... ships or boats in each group. 2. The space between adjacent individuals, ground vehicles, or units in a formation that are ... placed side by side, measured abreast. 3. The space between adjacent aircraft measured from front to rear in units of time ... the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7. [Local, U. S.] The woody ...
... lands or buildings. In the sense of that which is adjacent, as used by Brown, it is not legitimate. WordNet (r ... s noun (plural -cies) Date: 1646 1. something that is adjacent 2. the quality or state of being adjacent ; contiguity Webster's 1913 Dictionary Adjacence Ad"ja"cence, Adjacency ... cen*cy, [Cf. LL. adjacentia.] 1. The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings. 2. That which is adjacent. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms ...
... less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to ... on all sides. See Contingent.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining. The two halves of the paper did ... no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith. Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle. Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous ...
... on all sides. See Contingent.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining. The two halves of the paper did ... no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith. Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle. Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous ...
... Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring] Webster's 1913 Dictionary neighbor neigh"bor ... Dictionary Neighboring Neigh"bor*ing, a. Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Near, adjacent, contiguous. Moby Thesaurus abutting, adjacent, adjoining, ambient, bordering, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent ...
... on all sides. See Contingent.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining. The two halves of the paper did ... no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith. Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle. Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous ...
... 0 (2005) adv 1: at or in or to the adjacent residence; "the criminal had been living next door all this time" [syn: next door, in the adjacent house, in the adjacent apartment] Merriam Webster's adverb Date: 1579 in or to ... or room < lives next door >; broadly in or at an adjacent place Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Note: The adjective is also ...