adjacent Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
side by side; next.
- had adjacent rooms
- in the next room
- the person sitting next to me
- our rooms were side by side
adjective satellite having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"
neighboring; conterminous; contiguous.
- Rhode Island has two bordering states
- the side of Germany conterminous with France
- Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho
- neighboring cities
adjective satellite near or close to but not necessarily touching
- lands adjacent to the mountains
- New York and adjacent cities

L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jacre 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. 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.
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.