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Webster 1913 Edition

Adjacent

Ad-ja′cent

,
Adj.
[L.
adjacens
,
-centis
, p. pr. of
adjacere
to lie near;
ad
+
jacēre
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.
Adjacent
or
contiguous angle
.
(Geom.)
See
Angle
.
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.

Ad-ja′cent

,
Noun.
That which is adjacent.
[R.]
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adjacent

ADJA'CENT

,
Adj.
Lying near, close, or contiguous; bordering upon; as, a field adjacent to the highway.

ADJA'CENT

,
Noun.
That which is next to or contiguous. [Little used.]

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