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Webster 1913 Edition


Adjacency

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Ad′ja′cence

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Ad-ja′cen-cy

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[Cf. LL.
adjacentia
.]
1.
The state or attribute of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; the attribute of being so near as to be touching;
as, the
adjacency
of lands or buildings
.

Syn. – contiguousness
2.
That which is adjacent.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Adjacency

ADJA'CENCY

,
Noun.
[L. adjaceo, to lie contiguous, from ad and jaceo, to lie.]
The state of lying close or contiguous; a bordering upon, or lying next to; as the adjacency of lands or buildings. In the sense of that which is adjacent, as used by Brown, it is not legitimate.