Ad*ja"cent (#),
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Lying near, close,
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"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,
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© Webster 1913.
Ad*ja"cent,
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That which is adjacent.
[R.]
Locke.
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