(adj) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part, Syn.adducting, adductive, Ant.abducent
(adj) nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space, Syn.next, side by side, Example: had adjacent rooms; in the next room; the person sitting next to me; our rooms were side by side
(adj) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching, Syn.contiguous, neighboring, conterminous, Example: 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
a. [ L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere. ] (Physiol.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jacēre to lie: cf. F. adjacent. ] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. “The adjacent forest.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- Adjoining; contiguous; near. -- Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc. I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ] Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain. [ 1913 Webster ]
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