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Adjective: adjacent  u'jey-sunt
  1. Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
    "had adjacent rooms";
    - next, side by side
     
  2. Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
    "the side of Germany adjacent with France";
    - conterminous, contiguous, neighboring [US], neighbouring [Brit, Cdn]
     
  3. Near or close to but not necessarily touching
    "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"

See also: close, connected, near, nigh

Encyclopedia: Adjacent