NEIGHBORING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neighboring mean? 

• NEIGHBORING (adjective)
  The adjective NEIGHBORING has 1 sense:

1. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

  Familiarity information: NEIGHBORING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEIGHBORING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

Synonyms:

adjacent; conterminous; contiguous; neighboring

Context example:

neighboring cities

Similar:

connected (joined or linked together)

 Context examples 

These were just two examples of changes in breathing caused by manipulating the way astrocytes communicate with neighboring cells.

(Star-like cells may help the brain tune breathing rhythms, National Institutes of Health)

The fibrous tissues connecting the laminae of neighboring vertebrae beginning at C2 and ending at S1.

(Ligamentum Flavum, NCI Thesaurus)

This hint of more oxygen in Mars' early atmosphere adds to other Curiosity findings — such as evidence about ancient lakes — revealing how Earth-like our neighboring planet once was.

(NASA Rover Findings Point to a More Earth-like Martian Past, NASA)

In the natural or normal place, confined to the site of origin without invasion of neighboring tissues.

(In situ, NCI Thesaurus)

Most members of this family are rapidly metabolized near their site of synthesis, so they act locally on neighboring cells, not distant parts of the body.

(Eicosanoid Metabolism Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A neighboring galaxy is never far away.

(Lonely Galaxy Lost in Space, NASA)

These populations are often differentiating cells or adjacent neighboring cells that are not fixed on a developmental path.

(Embryonic Induction, NCI Thesaurus)

Released viral particles may then infect and destroy neighboring tumor cells.

(Light-Emitting Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus GL-ONC1, NCI Thesaurus)

Oxidized LDL stimulates inflammatory signaling by neighboring endothelial cells, releasing chemokines and cytokines such as M-CSF and MCP-1 and recruiting monocytes into the arterial wall.

(LDL Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The ERBA2 gene at 3p24.3 encodes ERBA beta-1 and a neighboring gene encodes ERBA beta-2.

(Oncogene ERB A, NCI Thesaurus)