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ADJACENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adjacent mean? 

ADJACENT (adjective)
  The adjective ADJACENT has 3 senses:

1. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening spaceplay

2. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touchingplay

3. near or close to but not necessarily touchingplay

  Familiarity information: ADJACENT used as an adjective is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADJACENT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

Synonyms:

adjacent; next; side by side

Context example:

our rooms were side by side

Similar:

close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)

Derivation:

adjacency (the attribute of being so near as to be touching)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

Synonyms:

adjacent; conterminous; contiguous; neighboring

Context example:

neighboring cities

Similar:

connected (joined or linked together)

Derivation:

adjacency (the attribute of being so near as to be touching)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Near or close to but not necessarily touching

Context example:

New York and adjacent cities

Similar:

close; near; nigh (not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances)

Derivation:

adjacency (the attribute of being so near as to be touching)


 Context examples 


This difference appears to be the result of adjacent amino acids.

(Calmodulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The extracellular domain typically consists of four Cadherin Domain repeats of about 110 residues; an adjacent fifth domain contains four conserved cysteines.

(Cadherin Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

This condition is caused by lesions of the motor association cortex in the frontal lobe (Broca's area and adjacent cortical and white matter regions).

(Broca's Aphasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A benign or malignant extra-adrenal parasympathetic paraganglioma arising from paraganglia adjacent to or in the bifurcation of the common carotid artery.

(Carotid Body Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

An elongated gray mass of the neostriatum located adjacent to the lateral ventricle of the brain.

(Caudate Nucleus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Membrane Fusion Activity involves merging of adjacent structures delimited by lipid bilayer membranes into a single structure.

(Membrane Fusion Activity, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign melanocytic proliferation within or adjacent to the optic disk.

(Melanocytoma of the Eyeball, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast conservation treatment is defined as excision of the primary tumor and adjacent breast tissue, followed by radiation therapy.

(Breast Conservation Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)

This highly selective, localized radiotargeting of tumor cells, known as boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), spares adjacent normal tissues.

(Boronophenylalanine-fructose complex, NCI Thesaurus)

A neoplasm arising from connective and soft tissues that does not invade adjacent tissues or metastasize to other anatomic sites.

(Benign Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)



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