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adjoining
/ʌˈd͡ʒɔɪn.ɪŋ/
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"
Similar: bordering, contiguous
Antonymsseparated
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