adjacency

Etymology

noun

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. January 11, 2007, David W. Dunlap, “Still, the Question of Displaying the Names of 9/11”, in New York Times