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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.
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)
- (uncountable) The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
- (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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Derived terms
- adjacency matrix
- adjacency pair
Translations
the quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch
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a relationship of being adjacent to something
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