adjoin vs be in contact (with)

adjoin

verb
  • To be in contact or connection with. 

  • To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element). 

be in contact (with)

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