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adjacency

[ uh-jey-suh n-see ]

/ əˈdʒeɪ sən si /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR adjacency ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural ad·ja·cen·cies.

Also ad·ja·cence. the state of being adjacent; nearness.

Usually adjacencies. things, places, etc., that are adjacent.

Radio and Television. a broadcast or announcement immediately preceding or following another.

Origin of adjacency

From the Late Latin word adjacentia, dating back to 1640–50. See adjacent, -ency

OTHER WORDS FROM adjacency

non·ad·ja·cen·cy, noun, plural non·ad·ja·cen·cies.

Words nearby adjacency

aditus, aditya, adivasi, adj., adj.a., adjacency, adjacent, adjacent angle, adjacent angles, adjectival, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for adjacency

The adjacency of the edge of the culvert warned him of what had befallen.

The Law-Breakers |Ridgwell Cullum
Regardless of the type of adjacency, what is significant is the element that separates the immediate from the mediated.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin
Adjacency can be in respect to the past, as expressed through the practice of keeping burial records.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin
He saw at once that a small artery had been severed, and its adjacency to the jugular made it a matter of extreme danger.

The Night Riders |Ridgwell Cullum

I fancy that he felt that he would venture anything to escape our adjacency to the battery.

The Dark Forest |Hugh Walpole