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.
In right angled triangles, the term 'adjacent' is never used to refer to the longest side opposite to the right angle. This is always called the hypotenuse. Only the shorter sides, the legs of the right triangle, can be 'adjacent' sides. For an angle less than 90 in a right angled triangle, the following ratio: