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adjacency

[ uh-jey-suhn-see ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ad·ja·cen·cies.

Also ad·ja·cence []. the state of being adjacent; nearness.
Usually adjacencies. things, places, etc., that are adjacent.
Radio and Television. a broadcast or announcement immediately preceding or following another.

From the Late Latin word adjacentia, dating back to 1640–50. See adjacent, -ency

They looked up in no welcoming manner, at Bibbs's entrance, and moved their chairs to a less conspicuous adjacency.

I fancy that he felt that he would venture anything to escape our adjacency to the battery.

He saw at once that a small artery had been severed, and its adjacency to the jugular made it a matter of extreme danger.

Adjacency can be in respect to the past, as expressed through the practice of keeping burial records.

The expanding horizon of life required means to assimilate adjacency in the experience of continuous human self-constitution.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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