contiguous angle

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contiguous angle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Adjacent \Ad*ja"cent\, a. [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of
     adjacere to lie near; ad + jac[=e]re to lie: cf. F.
     adjacent.]
     Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on;
     as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest."
     --B. Jonson.
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     Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.
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     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.
            [1913 Webster] 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.
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