Adjacent



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• adj.接近的, 毗连的
• ［英］ adj.接近的, 毗连的 ( adjoining, contiguous, neighboring)
• ［记］ ad+jacent ( to lie躺) -> 躺在附近 -> 接近的;
• ［同］ n. adjacency ( 毗邻)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, ajesaunt, from Latin adjacent-, adjacens, present participle of adjacēre to lie near, from ad- + jacēre to lie; akin to Latin jacere to throw — more at jet
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. not distant ; nearby the city and adjacent suburbs
  • b. having a common endpoint or border adjacent lots adjacent sides of a triangle
  • c. immediately preceding or following
• 2. of two angles having the vertex and one side in common
• • adjacently adverb
• Synonyms:
  • adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed mean being in close proximity. adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between a house with an adjacent garage. adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line had adjoining rooms at the hotel. contiguous implies having contact on all or most of one side offices in all 48 contiguous states. juxtaposed means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church.

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