contiguous
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adjective \kən-ˈti-gyə-wəs, -gyü-əs\Definition of CONTIGUOUS
2
of angles : adjacent 2
3
: next or near in time or sequence
4
: touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence <contiguous row houses>
— con·tig·u·ous·ly adverb
— con·tig·u·ous·ness noun
See Examples of CONTIGUOUS
- <Connecticut and Massachusetts are contiguous states.>
- And in the west, contiguous to Lebanon, was the mountain stronghold of Latakia … —Robert D. Kaplan, Atlantic, February 1993
- The Santa Monica Mountains, a sort of foot-note to the big contiguous ranges, stood off to the southwest of us, discrete and small. —John McPhee, New Yorker, 26 Sept. 1988
- ‘I've had my men looking into the land situation … and they think they could get us an additional thirty thousand acres, not all of it contiguous but we might make some trades.’ —James A. Michener, Texas, 1985
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Origin of CONTIGUOUS
Latin contiguus, from contingere to have contact with — more at contingent
First Known Use: circa 1609
Related to CONTIGUOUS
- Synonyms
- abutting, adjoining, bordering, conterminous, adjacent, flanking, flush, fringing, joining, juxtaposed, neighboring, skirting, touching, verging
- Antonyms
- nonadjacent, noncontiguous
See Synonym Discussion at adjacent
con·tig·u·ous
adjective \kən-ˈtig-yə-wəs\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of CONTIGUOUS
: being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
—con·tig·u·ous·ly adverb
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