adjacent

Meaning

Adj

1. Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
2. Just before, after, or facing.
3. Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.

Noun

Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.

Prep

1. Next to; beside.
2. Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“I lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“I lie down”).

Sentences

The committee also acquired adjacent acreage of naturally rolling terrain from other sources .

The frequency offset between adjacent aliases is the sampling-rate, denoted by " f ".