D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Adjacent

/əj-ās'-ənt/ · Ad·ja·cent · IPA /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/
01 a. Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.
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    Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.
    “I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians.” Howell.
Phrases & compounds
Adjacent [or] contiguous angle — See Angle.
02 n. That which is adjacent.
  1. 1.
    That which is adjacent.[R.]