Definition of adjacency
adjacencies
1 : something that is adjacent
2 : the quality or state of being adjacent : contiguity
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environmentalists are concerned about the proposed shopping plaza's adjacency to the river
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Operations - Plan and design for efficient court operations, incorporating modern technology, paperless file management, and appropriate adjacencies.
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But that model of adjacency is irrelevant and increasingly superfluous in a world in which there is so much content.
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First Known Use of adjacency
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