Definition of "adjacence" []

• The state of being adjacent or contiguous; adjacency. (noun)
• That which is adjacent. (noun)

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• "Nor the cause rendered, that “the firmness of hides is for the armour of the body against extremities of heat or cold,” doth not impugn the cause rendered, that “contraction of pores is incident to the outwardest parts, in regard of their adjacence to foreign or unlike bodies;” and so of the rest, both causes being true and compatible, the one declaring an intention, the other a consequence only."
• "As in the Eastern hills, jewels and metals blaze with greater splendour in consequence of their adjacence to the Sun, even so the lowest order blazes with splendour in consequence of their association with the good."
• "I have seen it in the clear sky, in consequence of my adjacence to Surya."