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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adjacent \Ad*ja"cent\, a. [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr of adjacere to lie near ad + jac[=e]re 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}. Syn: Adjoining; contiguous; near Usage: {Adjacent}, {Adjoining}, {Contiguous}. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other not necessary in actual contact as adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adjacent \Ad*ja"cent\, n. That which is adjacent. [R.] --Locke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Angle \An"gle\ ([a^][ng]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton. 2. (Geom.) a The figure made by two lines which meet b The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden. 4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological ``houses.'' [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there --Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope. {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg common to both angles. {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}. {Angle bar}. a (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet --Knight. b (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}. {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight. {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines. {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}. {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined figure. {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved line {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg]. {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}. {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right lines. {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle). {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence}, {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction}, see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection}, {Refraction}, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adjacent adj 1: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" [syn: {next}, {side by side(p)}] 2: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho" [syn: {abutting}, {adjoining}, {bordering(a)}, {conterminous}, {contiguous}] 3: near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities" From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: adjacent {adjacency}
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