ADJACENCY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The attribute of being so near as to be touching

Synonyms:

adjacency; contiguity; contiguousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("adjacency" is a kind of...):

closeness; nearness (the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance)

Derivation:

adjacent (near or close to but not necessarily touching)

adjacent (nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space)

adjacent (having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching)