Meaning of CONTERMINOUS
| Pronunciation: | | kun'turmunus
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- [adj] of equal extent or scope or duration
- [adj] having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"
- [adj] connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
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| | Synonyms: | | abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering(a), coextensive, commensurate, connected, contiguous, coterminous, neighboring(a) |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*ter"mi*nous\, a. [L. conterminus. Cf.
{Conterminous}.]
Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon;
contiguous.
This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to
the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. --Sir M.
Hale.
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| | Related Terms: | | accompanying, adjacent, adjoining, agreeing, bordering, buck, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coinstantaneous, collateral, combat, concomitant, concurrent, connecting, contemporaneous, contemporary, contend, contiguous, coterminous, dispute, duel, end to end, endeavor, endways, endwise, face to face, fight, immediate, isochronal, isochronous, joined, juxtaposed, neighbor, neighboring, next, oppose, repel, rival, simultaneous, traverse, unison, unisonous, vie, withstand |
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