Ad*ja"cent , n. That which is
adjacent. [R.]
Locke.
Ad*ja"cent (&?;), a. [L. adjacens, -centis, p.
pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jacēre 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. -- Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are
adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields,
adjacent villages, etc.
I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians.
Howell.
Things are adjoining when they meet at some
line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as
contiguous should touch with some extent of one
side or the
whole of it;
as, a row of contiguous
buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain.
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