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Lying near or close to; neighboring. Adjacent means that objects or parcels of land are not widely separated, though perhaps they are not actually touching; but adjoining implies that they are united so closely that no other object comes between them. adjacent adjective abutting, adjoining, alongside, bordering, conterminous, contiguous, contiguus, convergent, finitimus, juxtaposed, meeting, next to, proximal, touching, verging on, vicinal, vicinus Associated concepts: adjacent county, adjacent land, adjaaent owners, adjacent property See also: close, contiguous, immediate, local, near, present, proximate How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| These studies showed that in multiple-birth species it was
possible for adjacently positioned male and female fetuses to transmit
tiny amounts of hormones to each other, with pronounced phenotypic
consequences.
scheduled classes adjacently, stacked as many possible into short
spans of time--often leaving only a few minutes to get across
campus for the next class. And then the selected prints - all in best possible
condition - are displayed adjacently. |
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