adjacent

• Qualifie ce qui est situé à côté ou tout près de quelque chose d'autre, ou ce qui touche ou borde directement une autre chose.

Describes something that is next to or adjoining something else.

1. Next to or adjoiningB1formal

   Situated next to or very close to something else, often sharing a boundary.

   adjacent

   • The library is adjacent to the school.
   • They bought a house adjacent to the park.
   • The two buildings are adjacent to each other.

   Synonymesadjoiningcontiguousneighboringnext doortouching

   Antonymesdisconnecteddistantfarremoteseparate

2. In geometryB2formalscientific

   Describing angles or sides that share a common vertex or side.

   adjacent (géométrie)

   • In a right triangle, the adjacent side is next to the angle.
   • Adjacent angles share a common vertex and side.
   • The adjacent sides of a rectangle are perpendicular.

   Synonymesadjoiningcontiguousneighboring