Ad*ja"cent (&?;), a. [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jacre to lie: cf. F. adjacent.] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B. Jonson.
Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.
Syn. -- Adjoining; contiguous; near. -- Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc.
I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians.
Howell.
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 touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain.
Ad*ja"cent, n. That which is adjacent. [R.] Locke.
Ad*ja"cent*ly, adv. So as to be adjacent.
Ad*ject" (&?;), v. t. [L. adjectus, p. p. of adjicere to throw to, to add to; ad + jacre to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] To add or annex; to join. Leland.
Ad*jec"tion (&?;), n. [L. adjectio, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjection. See Adject.] The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.] B. Jonson.
Ad*jec"tion*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.] Earle.
Ad`jec*ti"tious (&?;), [L. adjectitius.] Added; additional. Parkhurst.
Ad`jec*ti"val (&?;), a. Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. W. Taylor (1797)
Ad`jec*ti"val*ly, adv. As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively.