Adjacent

a. [Lat. adjacens, Fr. adjacent.] Lying near, close, or contiguous, but not actually touching; as, a field adjacent to the highway. “The adjacent forest.” B. Jonson.

Synonyms— Adjoining; contiguous; near. — ADJACENT, ADJOINING, CONTIGUOUS. Things are adjacent when they lie near to each other without actually touching; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, &c. 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 properly touch on the whole of one side; as, a row of contiguous buildings, a wood contiguous to a plain. In some cases, however, especially among the poets, contiguous is applied to things that are very near, but not in absolute contact; as,

Where, then, ah! where shall Poverty reside, To ’scape the pressure of contiguous Pride? Anon.

n. That which adjoins or is next to another. [Rare.] Locke.