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Webster 1913 Edition


Adjacency

{

Ad′ja′cence

,

Ad-ja′cen-cy

, }
[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.

Definition 2024


adjacency

adjacency

English

Noun

adjacency (countable and uncountable, plural adjacencies)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
  2. (countable) A relationship of being adjacent to something.
    • 2007 January 11, David W. Dunlap, “Still, the Question of Displaying the Names of 9/11”, in New York Times:
      “With the adjacencies for victims whose families wish them to be listed together, [] , this is an approach that I hope will be acceptable to the great majority of the families affected,” he said afterward.

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