Adjacent Side

An adjacent side is a side that shares a common endpoint or boundary with a specified angle, and in a right triangle it is the non-hypotenuse side next to the angle of interest. Its role depends on the chosen reference angle: together with the opposite side and hypotenuse, it forms the triangle’s local geometry and supports trigonometric ratios such as cosine, defined as adjacent length divided by hypotenuse length. Identifying the adjacent side helps students translate diagrams into equations, solve for unknown lengths or angles, and model distances, slopes, and spatial relationships in geometry, surveying, engineering, and physical science.

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JoVE Journal - Neuroscience
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Transforaminal Full-Endoscopic Lumbar Foraminotomy Under Local Anesthesia for L5/S1 Adjacent Segment Foraminal Stenosis

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2025

This protocol provides a step-by-step guide for performing transforaminal full-endoscopic foraminotomy under local anesthesia. This motion-preserving technique is presented as a minimally invasive surgical alternative to fusion extension for treating L5/S1 foraminal stenosis in patients with adjacent segment disease.

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JoVE Journal - Biochemistry

Isolation of Histone from Sorghum Leaf Tissue for Top Down Mass Spectrometry Profiling of Potential Epigenetic Markers

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2021

The protocol has been developed to effectively extract intact histones from sorghum leaf materials for profiling of histone post-translational modifications that can serve as potential epigenetic markers to aid engineering drought resistant crops.

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JoVE Journal - Medicine
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Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Abdominal Tumors

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2011

A thermal tumor ablation procedure is described. The entire procedure is detailed, including pretreatment planning and imaging studies, anesthesia, adjuvant techniques to facilitate a percutaneous approach, imaging guidance of the ablation device to the tumor, thermal treatment, post-treatment care and follow-up.

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JoVE Journal - Medicine
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Techniques for Processing Eyes Implanted with a Retinal Prosthesis for Localized Histopathological Analysis: Part 2 Epiretinal Implants with Retinal Tacks

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2015

Here we describe histological techniques for visualising ocular tissue directly adjacent to a metal epiretinal tack and retinal prosthesis.

Large-scale Reconstructions and Independent, Unbiased Clustering Based on Morphological Metrics to Classify Neurons in Selective Populations

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2017

This protocol describes large-scale reconstructions of selective neuronal populations, labeled following retrograde infection with a modified rabies virus expressing fluorescent markers, and independent, unbiased cluster analyses that enable comprehensive characterization of morphological metrics among distinct neuronal subclasses.

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