adjacent

adjective
UK /əˈdʒeɪsənt/
US /əˈdʒeɪsənt/

Something that is adjacent is right next to something else.

Our house is adjacent to the park, so we can walk there in a minute.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Sharing a common boundary or edge, as with geometric shapes or land.

The two adjacent squares share one side.

3. Following immediately after or before in a sequence or order.

In the alphabet, B and C are adjacent letters.

4. In geometry, having a common vertex and one common side, as with angles.

The two adjacent angles add up to a straight line.

5. In graph theory, connected directly by an edge.

Two adjacent vertices are joined by a single edge.