adjacent

& s. [In Fr. adjacent; Ital adiacente; Lat. adjacens, pr. par. of adjaceo = to lie near to, to adjoin fr. ad =to; jaceo = to lie.] A. As adjective : 1. Lying near to; situated contiguous to, in place. the tribes inhabiting adjacent districts are almost always at war."-Darwin: Descent of Man, pt. i., ch. iii. 2. Lying near to, in other respects than in place. when the case to which we reason is an ad jacent case; adjacent , not not as before, in place or time, but in circumstances."-J. S. Mill: Logic. B. As substantive: Anything lying near to, anything contiguous to another. ( Literally or figuratively.) "The sense of the author goes visibly in its own train; and the words, receiving a determined sense from their companions and adjacents , will not consent to give countenance and be supported at any rate."-Locke. and colour to what must IMG:content-0170.png:[blocks in formation] jacent angles together constitute two right angles, and each is the supplement of the other. Adjacent, when used of an angle, is opposed to opposite ; CEA and BED are opposite angles; so also are CEB and AED; whilst CEA and AED, AED and DEB, DEB and BEC, With BEC and CEA already mentioned, are adjacent angles. In a triangle with one side produced, the angle contiguous to the exterior one is called the interior adjacent, whilst the others are denominated the interior and opposite angles. IMG:content-0171.png:[blocks in formation] CBA and BAC are the interior and opposite angles. (See Euclid I. 15, 16, 32.) ad-ja-çent-ly, adv. [ADJACENT.] So as to be contiguous to.