Adjoin meaning

ə-join'
To be next to; be contiguous to.

Property that adjoins ours.

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To attach.
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To be contiguous.
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To be next to; be contiguous to.
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To unite or annex (to a person or thing)
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To be next to each other; be in contact.
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To be in contact or connection with.

The living room and dining room adjoin each other.

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(mathematics, chiefly algebra and number theory) 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).

Can be obtained from by adjoining to .

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Origin of adjoin

Middle English ajoinen from Old French ajoindre ajoin- from Latin adiungere to join to ad- ad- iungere to join yeug- in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • Reading and assembly rooms adjoin the pump-room.

  • Through any point 0 in this common perpendicular draw 0A1 parallel to B~C~ and OAi parallel to B2C,; make those lines pro B1 C2 portional to the angular velocities D ~ about the axes to which they are P respectively paiallel; complete the ~ B2 parallelogram OA1 EA2, and draw the diagonal OE; divide BiBf in D into C, two parts, inversely proportional to the angular velocities about the axes which they respectively adjoin; A2 through D parallel to OE draw DT.

  • The three suburbs which adjoin the town are not older than 1817.

  • The guest-houses adjoin the entrance gateway, to which a chapel was annexed on the south side of the conventual area.

  • The other buildings in Old Cairo, or among the mounds of rubbish which adjoin it, include several fort-like dens or convents.

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