Meaning of CONTIGUOUS
| Pronunciation: | | kun'tigyoous
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- [adj] very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"
- [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), close, connected, conterminous, immediate, neighboring(a) |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*tig"u*ous\, a. [L. contiguus; akin to contigere
to touch on all sides. See {Contingent}.]
In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near;
neighboring; adjoining.
The two halves of the paper did not appear fully
divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their
angles. --Sir I.
Newton.
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith.
{Contiguous angles}. See {Adjacent angles}, under {Angle}.
Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See {Adjacent}. --
{Con*tig"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Con*tig"u*ous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, close, close-by, connecting, conterminous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor, neighboring, next, nigh, touching |
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