Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:adjacent /əˈdʒeɪs(ə)nt/
▶adjective - 1 next to or adjoining something else.
- 2 Geometry (of a pair of angles) formed on the same side of a straight line when intersected by another line.
– derivatives adjacency noun. – origin ME: from L. adjacent-, adjacere ‘lie near to’, from ad- ‘to’ + jacere ‘lie down’. ' adjacent' also found in these Oxford entries:
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