Adjacent - Definition
adjacent
adj 1: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining
without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the
next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms
were side by side" [syn: adjacent, next, side by
side(p)]
2: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode
Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and
Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with
France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho";
"neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous,
contiguous, neighboring(a)]
3: near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands
adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"