adjacency

Noun

adjacency (countable and uncountable, plural adjacencies)

1. The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
   • at that point the Needle conforms unto the true Meridian, and is not distracted by the vicinity of Adjacencies.1672, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
   • “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.2007 January 11, David W. Dunlap, “Still, the Question of Displaying the Names of 9/11”, in New York Times
2. The programming directly before or after a commercial.
   • 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...2023, H. W. Coleman, Colour Television: Techniques, Business, Impact