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adjoining

/ʌˈd͡ʒɔɪn.ɪŋ/
verb
  1. To be in contact or connection with.

    "The living room and dining room adjoin each other."

  2. 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
  1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to

    "an adjoining room"

    Similar: bordering, contiguous

Synonymsadjacent, bordering, bordering, contiguous
Antonymsseparated

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