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Definition of adjacent - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
locationnext to or adjoining something else
- The school is adjacent to the park..
2.
figurativerelated to or suggestive of something
- His style is adjacent to modern art.
3.
mathematicsTECH. meeting at a common vertex in a graphTECH.
- The adjacent edges form an angle.
4.
graph theoryTECH. joined by a common edge in a graphTECH.
- The adjacent vertices share an edge.
Noun
mathematicsTECH. side next to the right angle in a triangleTECH.
- In a right triangle, the adjacent is next to the angle.
Images of adjacent
side next to the right angle in a triangle
Expressions with adjacent
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in the neighboring apartment
She found her lost cat in the adjacent apartment.
located in the house next door
The party is happening in the adjacent house.
two angles sharing a vertex and a side
Adjacent angles in a triangle can help find unknown angles.
frequency band next to another assigned band in a communication system
The receiver picked up noise from an adjacent channel during the test.
Origin of adjacent
Latin, ad (to) + jacere (to lie)
Terms with adjacent included in their meaning
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location
closest or adjacent to
location
in an adjacent building or room
geography
be next to or adjacent to something
proximity
very close or directly adjacent
proximity
situated or living nearby or adjacent to
geometry
line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon
proximity
immediately adjacent or very close
architecture
house sharing walls with adjacent houses
UK housing
house sharing side walls with adjacent houses
urban area
part of a town adjacent to water where commercial activities occur
real estate
land directly adjacent to a lake
adjacent
lie next to or touch another object
proximity
to be adjacent or next to something
geography
flat low-lying land adjacent to a sea
geometry
any angle inside a polygon between adjacent sides
geography
area or land adjacent to a lake
real estate
dividing line between adjacent properties
adjacent
positioned next to each other
sports
race where two people run together with adjacent legs tied
hydrology
boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins
adjacent
next to or touching something
real estate
property adjacent to the ocean
sports location
area immediately adjacent to a ring where boxing or wrestling takes place
abut
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Examples of adjacent in a sentence
Our house is adjacent to a beautiful garden. Her ideas are adjacent to revolutionary thinking. The novel's themes are adjacent to existentialism. The adjacent vertices share a common edge. In the graph, adjacent nodes are connected. In the graph, node A is adjacent to node B.
The algorithm checks if two nodes are adjacent. The adjacent in this triangle measures 5 cm. Calculate the length of the adjacent using trigonometry.
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- French:adjacent, côté adjacent, ...
- German:angrenzend, Ankathete, ...
- Italian:confinante, cateto adiacente, ...
- Spanish:adyacente, cateto adyacente, ...
- Portuguese:adjacente, cateto adjacente, ...
- Chinese:毗邻, 邻边, ...
- Japanese:隣接した, 隣接辺, ...
- Arabic:مُجاوِر, الضلع المجاور, ...
- Hebrew:צָמוּד, נִצָּב סָמוּךְ, ...
- Russian:смежный, прилежащая сторона, ...
- Ukrainian:сусідній, прилегла сторона, ...
- Hindi:सटा हुआ, बगल की भुजा, ...
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