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.
Adjacent episodes are defined as those where the number of days from the last day of one episode until the first day of the next episode is not greater than 60. The first day after the last day of an episode is counted as day 1, and continues counting to, and including, the first day of the next episode.