adjoining
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/ʌˈd͡ʒɔɪn.ɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To be in contact or connection with.“The living room and dining room adjoin each other.”
- To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).
adjective
- Being in contact at some point or line; joining to“an adjoining room”
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Synonyms
adjacentborderingcontiguousconterminousabuttingconnectedadjacencylinkedneighbourneighboringnearbynearneighbouringneighboroutlyingclose