adjacencies
States of bordering
Adjacencies are things that are next to each other or the state of being adjacent.
In business and marketing, the term describes related product categories or market segments that a company might expand into: The company is exploring adjacencies in health and wellness.
Urban planners speak of adjacencies when discussing how different zones or uses relate spatially: The adjacencies between residential and commercial areas require careful consideration.
Sharing an edge with
- abuttingSharing a common border
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
- adjoiningSharing a border
- contiguousSharing a common boundary
juxtaposed · side-by-side · flanking · neighboring · next-door · tangent · coterminous · conterminous
State of being close
- closenessState of proximity
- vicinityNearby surrounding area
- immediacyQuality of being direct
- propinquityCloseness in space or relation
accessibility · locality · neighborhood · surroundings · area · zone · region · locale
Following in unbroken sequence
- successiveFollowing without interruption
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- followingComing after another
- precedingComing before in order
contiguous · subsequent · ensuing · continuous · unbroken · back-to-back · chained · linked
A joining or relation
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- associationGroup with shared aim
- linkageConnected system of parts
- interconnectionMutual joining of parts
interrelation · interdependence · network · kinship · bond · tie-in · interplay · reciprocity
bordering
Sharing an edge with
contiguous · juxtaposed · side-by-side · flanking · neighboring · next-door · tangent · coterminous · conterminous · fringing
nearness
State of being close
propinquity · accessibility · locality · neighborhood · surroundings · area · zone · region · locale · sector
consecutive
Following in unbroken sequence
- successiveFollowing without interruption
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- followingComing after another
preceding · contiguous · subsequent · ensuing · continuous · unbroken · back-to-back · chained · linked · serial
connection
A joining or relation
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- associationGroup with shared aim
- linkageConnected system of parts
interconnection · interrelation · interdependence · network · kinship · bond · tie-in · interplay · reciprocity · symbiosis
- vicinitiesneighborhood, district, area, locale, surroundings
adjacenciesseparations
Acts of dividing apart
gaps · distances · remoteness · disconnections · isolations
adjacenciesdiscontinuities
Breaks in flow
disconnections · interruptions · breaks · isolations · fragmentations