adjacency
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noun \ə-ˈjā-sən(t)-sē\ plural ad·ja·cen·cies
Definition of ADJACENCY
1
: something that is adjacent
2
: the quality or state of being adjacent : contiguity
Examples of ADJACENCY
- <environmentalists are concerned about the proposed shopping plaza's adjacency to the river>
First Known Use of ADJACENCY
1646
Related to ADJACENCY
- Synonyms
- proximity, closeness, contiguity, immediacy, nearness, propinquity, vicinity
- Antonyms
- distance, remoteness
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