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ADJACENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The attribute of being so near as to be touching
Synonyms:
adjacency; contiguity; contiguousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("adjacency" is a kind of...):
closeness; nearness (the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance)
Derivation:
adjacent (near or close to but not necessarily touching)
adjacent (nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space)
adjacent (having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching)