Ad·ja·cent a.  Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. “The adjacent forest.”
 Adjacent or contiguous angle. Geom. See Angle.
 Syn: -- Adjoining; contiguous; near.
 Usage: -- Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc.
    I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians.   --Howell.
 Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain.