transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈjā-s ə nt ]
adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, ajesaunt, from Latin adjacent-, adjacens, present participle of adjacēre to lie near, from ad- + jacēre to lie; akin to Latin jacere to throw — more at jet
Date: 15th century
1.
a. : not distant : nearby
the city and adjacent suburbs
b. : having a common endpoint or border
adjacent lots
adjacent sides of a triangle
c. : immediately preceding or following
2. of two angles : having the vertex and one side in common
• ad·ja·cent·ly adverb
Synonyms:
adjacent , adjoining , contiguous , juxtaposed mean being in close proximity. adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between
a house with an adjacent garage
adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line
had adjoining rooms at the hotel
contiguous implies having contact on all or most of one side
offices in all 48 contiguous states
juxtaposed means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast
a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church