When the economy takes a hit, the hoaxers come out of the woodwork to prey on those desperate for money during tough times. But exactly what is a hoax and how do people recognize when they are being scammed? The traditional definition of a hoax is âan act meant to trick or deceive.â (Merriam-Webster.com).
Adjacent (graph theory), two vertices that are the endpoints of an edge in a graph. Adjacent (music), a conjunct step to a note which is next in the scale.
SYNONYMY NOTE: adjacent things may or may not be in actual contact with each other, but they are not separated by things of the same kind [adjacent angles, adjacent farmhouses]; that which is adjoining something else touches it at some point or along a line [adjoining rooms]; things are contiguous when they touch along the whole or most of one side [contiguous farms]; tangent implies contact at a single, nonintersecting point with a curved line or surface [a line tangent to a circle ...