Meaning of CONTIGUITY
| Pronunciation: | | `kântu'gyooitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] the attribute of being so near as to be touching |
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| | Synonyms: | | adjacency, contiguousness |
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| | See Also: | | closeness, nearness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con`ti*gu"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. contiguit['e], LL.
contiguitas.]
The state of being contiguous; intimate association;
nearness; proximity.
The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes.
--T. Warton.
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| | Related Terms: | | abutment, abuttal, accord, addition, adjacency, adjoiningness, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, alliance, apposition, approximation, appulse, assemblage, association, bond, closeness, combination, conjugation, conjunction, connectedness, connection, conterminousness, contiguousness, contrariety, coterminousness, dealings, deduction, disjunction, filiation, homology, immediacy, intercourse, intimacy, junction, juxtaposition, liaison, link, linkage, linking, mutual attraction, nearness, perigee, perihelion, propinquity, proximity, rapport, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, similarity, sympathy, syzygy, tie, tie-in, union |
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