adjacency

[uh-jey-suhn-see]

noun

plural

adjacencies 

1. Also adjacence the state of being adjacent; nearness.

2. Usually adjacencies. things, places, etc., that are adjacent.

3. Radio and Television.,  a broadcast or announcement immediately preceding or following another.

Other Word Forms

• nonadjacency noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjacency¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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In other words, the kind of boy-mom power adjacency most women have had to be content with for centuries.

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“The intimacy, the storytelling, the adjacency to the artist is part of the art experience,” Nawi says.

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There’s also no way to write a “Succession” adjacency list and not include it — the shows are deeply alike.

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