English-Thai Dictionary

adjacent

ADJ ติดกัน  ประชิด กัน  ประกบ  ข้างเคียง  ข้างๆ  adjoining close near tid-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADJACENT

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

 

ADJACENT

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

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADJACENT

Ad *ja "cent, a. Etym: [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jac to lie: cf. F. adjacent. ]

 

Defn: 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. -- 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.

 

ADJACENT

ADJACENT Ad *ja "cent, n.

 

Defn: That which is adjacent. [R.] Locke.

 

ADJACENTLY

ADJACENTLY Ad *ja "cent *ly, adv.

 

Defn: So as to be adjacent.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adjacent

ad ja cent |əˈjāsənt əˈʤeɪsnt | ▶adjective 1 next to or adjoining something else: adjacent rooms | the area adjacent to the fire station. 2 Geometry (of angles ) having a common vertex and a common side. DERIVATIVES ad ja cen cy noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin adjacent- ‘lying near to, ’ from adjacere, from ad- ‘to ’ + jacere ‘lie down. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

adjacent

adjacent |əˈdʒeɪs (ə )nt | ▶adjective 1 next to or adjoining something else: adjacent rooms | the area adjacent to the station. 2 Geometry (of a pair of angles ) formed on the same side of a straight line when intersected by another line. DERIVATIVES adjacency noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin adjacent- ‘lying near to ’, from adjacere, from ad- ‘to ’ + jacere ‘lie down ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

adjacent

adjacent adjective adjacent angles | a patio adjacent to the greenhouse: adjoining, neighboring, next-door, abutting, contiguous, proximate; (adjacent to ) close to, near, next to, by, by the side of, bordering on, beside, alongside, attached to, touching, cheek by jowl with.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

adjacent

adjacent adjective a railway museum adjacent to the Moat House Hotel: adjoining, neighbouring (on ), next door to, abutting, close to, near to, next to, by, close by, by the side of, bordering (on ), beside, alongside, abreast of, contiguous with, proximate to, attached to, touching, joining; cheek by jowl with; rare conjoining, approximate to, vicinal. ANTONYMS remote from.

 

French Dictionary

adjacent

adjacent , ente adj. adjectif 1 Qui est proche. : Des immeubles adjacents. Le jardin est adjacent à la cuisine. SYNONYME contigu ; voisin . Note Syntaxique L ’adjectif se construit absolument ou avec la préposition à. 2 mathématiques Qui ont un côté commun. : Des angles adjacents. Note Orthographique ad j a c ent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adjacent

ad ja cent /ədʒéɪs (ə )nt /形容詞 【部屋 建物などに 】隣接した, 隣 (同士 )の, 付近の «to » ▸ a room immediately adjacent to the dining room 食堂のすぐ隣の部屋 (!接触部分の共有を意味するadjoiningと異なり, 必ずしも接触を表さない ) ▸ adjacent angles 〘幾何 〙隣接角 ～ly 副詞