9
contiguous(adjective, touching)
5
touching
4
digression(noun, line, approach, departure, instance)
4
adjacent
4
tack(noun, course)
4
tangents
3
aside(noun, approach, statement, instance)
3
tangential(adjective, touching)
3
abutter
2
approach(noun, set, line, tactic)
1
grade(noun, incline, slope, hill)
1
parenthesis(noun, approach, instance, digression)
1
secant
1
argument
1
grazing
1
segment
1
adjoiner
1
irrelevancy(noun, approach, instance, digression)
1
normal
1
air line
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