| a. | 1. | Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on;
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| n. | 1. | That which is adjacent. | |||
| 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" Synonyms: next, side by side |
| 2. | adjacent - having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "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. | adjacent - near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities" |
| adjacent - adjacency |