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adjoin.

To share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous to (a piece of land or property).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/əˈd͡ʒɔɪn/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/əˈd͡ʒoɪn/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. To share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous to (a piece of land or property).

    ambitransitive
    The living room and dining room adjoin each other.
    It's at this point that these three neighbourhoods adjoin.
  2. To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it an element not belonging to it and then ensuring closure, for example by also adding all finite power series of the element.

    transitive
    The ring adjunction #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;#91;#92;sqrt#123;2#125;#93; can be obtained from #92;mathbb#123;Q#125; by adjoining #92;sqrt#123;2#125; to #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;.
    The field adjunction #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;(#92;pi) can be obtained from #92;mathbb#123;Q#125; by adjoining #92;pi to #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;.
Where this word comes from

From Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from Latin adiungō.

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