adjacency

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈdʒeɪsənsi/

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adjacency (countable and uncountable, plural adjacencies)

1. The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
   • 1672, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica‎^[1]:

     at that point the Needle conforms unto the true Meridian, and is not distracted by the vicinity of Adjacencies.

   • 2007 January 11, David W. Dunlap, “Still, the Question of Displaying the Names of 9/11”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     “With the adjacencies for victims whose families wish them to be listed together, […] , this is an approach that I hope will be acceptable to the great majority of the families affected,” he said afterward.

   • 2025 July 9, Mike Isaac, Kate Conger, “X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says She Is Leaving Elon Musk’s Platform”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     X gained a second wind last year when Mr. Trump won the election. Some advertisers, courted by Ms. Yaccarino, returned to the platform partly because of Mr. Musk’s adjacency to the president.

2. (broadcasting) The programming directly before or after a commercial.
   • 2023, H. W. Coleman, Colour Television: Techniques, Business, Impact:

     The maker of film commercials should be especially aware of the film standards published by the networks and adhere to them carefully, as the effectiveness of his commercial is greatly affected by its adjacencies. He may well give serious thought in his production planning to the problem caused by adjacent film which, in most cases, will not be under his control.