Adjacent
adjective
Next to or near something.
My house is adjacent to the supermarket.
adjective
Having a common point or border with something.
The two states are adjacent to each other, they share the same border.
adjective
In mathematics, having a side or vertex in common with.
In a square, all four sides are adjacent to each other.
Often appears as...
- adjacent angles
- adjacent sides
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Technical
adjective
In graphs theory, having a direct connection or path.
In a graph, two nodes are considered adjacent if there is a direct edge connecting them.
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Technical
adjective
Next to or near something.
My house is adjacent to the supermarket.
adjective
Having a common point or border with something.
The two states are adjacent to each other, they share the same border.
adjective
In mathematics, having a side or vertex in common with.
In a square, all four sides are adjacent to each other.
Often appears as...
- adjacent angles
- adjacent sides
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
In graphs theory, having a direct connection or path.
In a graph, two nodes are considered adjacent if there is a direct edge connecting them.
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Proximity
Use 'adjacent' to describe things side by side, touching or very close.
The pool is adjacent to the hotel.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Direct Access
'Adjacent' implies closeness but not necessarily a direct entrance from one to another.
The parking lot is adjacent to the building, but you have to walk around to enter.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Proximity
Use 'adjacent' to describe things side by side, touching or very close.
The pool is adjacent to the hotel.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Direct Access
'Adjacent' implies closeness but not necessarily a direct entrance from one to another.
The parking lot is adjacent to the building, but you have to walk around to enter.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Proximity
Use 'adjacent' to describe things side by side, touching or very close.
The pool is adjacent to the hotel.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Direct Access
'Adjacent' implies closeness but not necessarily a direct entrance from one to another.
The parking lot is adjacent to the building, but you have to walk around to enter.
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How a wound heals itself...
scarring continues to be a major clinical issue for doctors around the world. And even though researchers have made significant strides in understanding the healing process, many fundamental mysteries remain unresolved. For instance, do fibroblast cells arrive from the blood vessels or from skin tissue adjacent to the wound?
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The secret lives of baby...
even adjacent reefs, helping guide them toward their preferred adult habitats. Many will head for far-flung locales miles away from their birth place. But some will use smell and other sensory cues to navigate back to the reefs where they were born, even if they remain in the larval stage for months.
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3 clues to understanding...
So, every brain region is wired to every other region, and these are trimmed down to create the characteristic modular architecture of the adult brain. So, if there's a gene causing this trimming and if that gene mutates, then you get deficient trimming between adjacent brain areas.
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How your brain decides...
and an adjacent area called the lateral occipital complex, that is especially attuned to processing objects. In addition, attractive faces activate parts of our reward and pleasure centers in the front and deep in the brain, and these include areas that have complicated names,
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The mystery of chronic...
fashion in fact what happens is the neurotransmitters spill out in three dimensions laterally vertically up and down in the spinal cord and they start interacting with other adjacent cells these cells called glial cells where once thought to be unimportant
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The great brain debate -...
were not adjacent, then injuring the area connecting them might result in a special type of language loss, now known as receptive aphasia. Wernicke's connectionist model helped explain disorders that didn't result from the dysfunction of just one area.
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Can you solve the Trojan...
plus neither side completely surrounds the other, peace will prevail. Anyone can move to a horizontally or vertically adjacent camp, but never diagonally. The problem is, they’re currently arranged like this.
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Using genetic data to...
I also used museum two samples in adjacent I joined some Paulo state police in raids to get as many blood samples as I could from traffic and animals which are animals which were seized from traffickers then
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Rain Forest Shaman PIPE...
in the world and there's a hope to record the shamans knowledge before the forest disappears the journey begins in paraguay's isolated badhak au Forest Nature Reserve and the adjacent
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Coral Gardening PIPE South...
they're spaced out onto adjacent tables
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How a wound heals itself...
scarring continues to be a major clinical issue for doctors around the world. And even though researchers have made significant strides in understanding the healing process, many fundamental mysteries remain unresolved. For instance, do fibroblast cells arrive from the blood vessels or from skin tissue adjacent to the wound?
Video examples
The secret lives of baby...
even adjacent reefs, helping guide them toward their preferred adult habitats. Many will head for far-flung locales miles away from their birth place. But some will use smell and other sensory cues to navigate back to the reefs where they were born, even if they remain in the larval stage for months.
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3 clues to understanding...
So, every brain region is wired to every other region, and these are trimmed down to create the characteristic modular architecture of the adult brain. So, if there's a gene causing this trimming and if that gene mutates, then you get deficient trimming between adjacent brain areas.
Video examples
How your brain decides...
and an adjacent area called the lateral occipital complex, that is especially attuned to processing objects. In addition, attractive faces activate parts of our reward and pleasure centers in the front and deep in the brain, and these include areas that have complicated names,
Video examples
The mystery of chronic...
fashion in fact what happens is the neurotransmitters spill out in three dimensions laterally vertically up and down in the spinal cord and they start interacting with other adjacent cells these cells called glial cells where once thought to be unimportant
Video examples
The great brain debate -...
were not adjacent, then injuring the area connecting them might result in a special type of language loss, now known as receptive aphasia. Wernicke's connectionist model helped explain disorders that didn't result from the dysfunction of just one area.
Video examples
Can you solve the Trojan...
plus neither side completely surrounds the other, peace will prevail. Anyone can move to a horizontally or vertically adjacent camp, but never diagonally. The problem is, they’re currently arranged like this.
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Using genetic data to...
I also used museum two samples in adjacent I joined some Paulo state police in raids to get as many blood samples as I could from traffic and animals which are animals which were seized from traffickers then
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Rain Forest Shaman PIPE...
in the world and there's a hope to record the shamans knowledge before the forest disappears the journey begins in paraguay's isolated badhak au Forest Nature Reserve and the adjacent
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Coral Gardening PIPE South...
they're spaced out onto adjacent tables
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Mellody Hobson
American Businessman
When you feel house poor, you don't buy anything. Housing immediately impacts the job numbers because there are so many housing-related jobs within the industry, and in adjacent industries.
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Andy Jassy
American Businessman
A lot of companies really will only pursue businesses that are adjacent or look like an extension of their current business - which by the way is a completely rational strategy.
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Gavin Newsom
American Politician
We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.
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Stefan Hell
Romanian Physicist
Eventually I realised there must be a way by playing with the molecules; trying to turn the molecules on and off allows you to see adjacent things you couldn't see before.
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Julian Treasure
American
Noise is the number one problem in modern offices. A big part of addressing this issue is making sure unwanted sound from adjacent spaces doesn't intrude or interfere.
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Shaquill Griffin
We plan ahead so we know what's to come. By eighth grade, we knew we would never leave each other. We talk about having adjacent houses when we get older.
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Steven Johnson
American Author
If we didn't have genetic mutations, we wouldn't have us. You need error to open the door to the adjacent possible.
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Rana el Kaliouby
Egyptian Scientist
Make sure you give credit to those technologies adjacent to your own - even if they are your competitors.
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Stewart Rahr
American Businessman
I like getting massages regularly. So much so, that I built a massage room adjacent to my office.
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Jeremy Strong
Being an actor adjacent to the media industry, I pay attention to that landscape.
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Mellody Hobson
American Businessman
When you feel house poor, you don't buy anything. Housing immediately impacts the job numbers because there are so many housing-related jobs within the industry, and in adjacent industries.
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Andy Jassy
American Businessman
A lot of companies really will only pursue businesses that are adjacent or look like an extension of their current business - which by the way is a completely rational strategy.
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Gavin Newsom
American Politician
We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.
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Stefan Hell
Romanian Physicist
Eventually I realised there must be a way by playing with the molecules; trying to turn the molecules on and off allows you to see adjacent things you couldn't see before.
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Julian Treasure
American
Noise is the number one problem in modern offices. A big part of addressing this issue is making sure unwanted sound from adjacent spaces doesn't intrude or interfere.
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Shaquill Griffin
We plan ahead so we know what's to come. By eighth grade, we knew we would never leave each other. We talk about having adjacent houses when we get older.
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Steven Johnson
American Author
If we didn't have genetic mutations, we wouldn't have us. You need error to open the door to the adjacent possible.
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Rana el Kaliouby
Egyptian Scientist
Make sure you give credit to those technologies adjacent to your own - even if they are your competitors.
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Stewart Rahr
American Businessman
I like getting massages regularly. So much so, that I built a massage room adjacent to my office.
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Jeremy Strong
Being an actor adjacent to the media industry, I pay attention to that landscape.
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