Other Word Forms
- nonadjacency noun
Etymology
Origin of adjacency
From the Late Latin word adjacentia, dating back to 1640–50. See adjacent, -ency
Example Sentences
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It referenced “new growth adjacencies and the benefit from AI adoption,” Macquarie says.
But with a few smaller parts and a lifetime of Hollywood adjacency under her belt, Johnson herself was experienced enough to pull off Anastasia’s dolting ignorance.
From Salon
The hexagon principle could be applied to optimize the self-organization of small structures into larger ones -- as regards the shape of the building blocks or the possibility of bonds and adjacency relations with other particles.
From Science Daily
In other words, the kind of boy-mom power adjacency most women have had to be content with for centuries.
From Los Angeles Times
“The intimacy, the storytelling, the adjacency to the artist is part of the art experience,” Nawi says.
From Los Angeles Times
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