adjoining
adjoin
- (transitive) To be in contact or connection with.
- (transitive) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it an element not belonging to it and then ensuring closure, for example by also adding all finite power series of the element.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʌˈd͡ʒɔɪn.ɪŋ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”).
Related words
near by
near to
placed near
be very close to
contiguo
anliegend
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