Adjacent

a.	1.	Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. Adjacent (Geom.) See Angle. I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. - Howell.
n.	1.	That which is adjacent.

Adj.	1.	adjacent - nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" Synonyms: next, side by side
	2.	adjacent - having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" Synonyms: abutting, adjoining, conterminous, neighboring, contiguous
	3.	adjacent - near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"

adjacent - adjacency

abutting, adjoining, attached, close-by, closest, connected, connecting, consecutive, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise, face to face, handy, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, linked, nearby, nearest, neighbor, neighboring, next, successive