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  • 21adjacent angles — n. two angles having the same vertex and a side in common …

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  • 22adjacent — 01. There is a beautiful little park [adjacent] to the house we re going to buy. 02. He couldn t sleep because of the noise coming from the [adjacent] apartment. 03. You can wait in the [adjacent] room. 04. The yard [adjacent] to ours has a lot… …

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  • 23adjacent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French, ajesaunt, from Latin adjacent , adjacens, present participle of adjacēre to lie near, from ad + jacēre to lie; akin to Latin jacere to throw more at jet Date: 15th… …

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  • 24Adjacent angle — File:Adjacent angles.svg In the illustration, angles A and B are adjacent. In geometry, adjacent angles, often shortened as adj. ∠s, are angles that have a common ray coming out of the vertex going between two other rays. In other words, they are …

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  • 25adjacent land — A relative term, sometimes meaning adjacent land, at other times land in the neighborhood. In a statute authorizing a special assessment oil adjacent property, the term adjacent includes property in the neighborhood not actually touching the… …

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  • 26Adjacent channel — In broadcasting an adjacent channel is an AM, FM, or TV channel that is next to another channel. First adjacent is immediately next to another channel, second adjacent is two channels away, and so forth. Information on adjacent channels is used… …

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  • 27adjacent — adj. VERBS ▪ be, be situated, lie, stand ▪ The vineyards of Verzy lie adjacent to those of Verzenay. ADVERB ▪ directly, immediately …

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  • 28adjacent — adj. adjacent to (adjacent to our building) * * * [ə dʒeɪs(ə)nt] adjacent to (adjacent. to our building) …

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  • 29adjacent — ad|ja|cent [əˈdʒeısənt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of adjacere to lie near , from ad to + jacere to lie ] a room, building, piece of land etc that is adjacent to something is next to it ▪ We stayed in adjacent… …

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  • 30adjacent — [[t]əʤe͟ɪs(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ: oft ADJ to n If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other. He sat in an adjacent room and waited... The schools were adjacent but there were separate doors. ...offices adjacent to the museum …

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