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contiguous

  (kən-tĭg'yū-əs) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Sharing an edge or boundary; touching.
  2. Neighboring; adjacent.
    1. Connecting without a break: the 48 contiguous states.
    2. Connected in time; uninterrupted: served two contiguous terms in office.

[From Latin contiguus, from contingere, contig-, to touch. See contact.]

contiguously con·tig'u·ous·ly adv.
contiguousness con·tig'u·ous·ness n.
 
 

Adjacent or touching. Contrast with fragmentation. See contiguous file.



 

Adjoining.

 

Actually touching; contiguous properties have a common boundary.
Example: Lots A and B in Figure are contiguous. Lot C is adjacent to A and B but not contiguous.

 
Thesaurus: contiguous

adjective

  1. Sharing a common boundary: adjacent, adjoining, conterminous, next. See near/far/distance.
  2. Not far from another in space, time, or relation: adjacent, close, immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate. Idioms: at hand, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, within hailing distance. See near/far/distance.

 
Antonyms: contiguous

adj

Definition: adjacent, in contact
Antonyms: apart, divided, separated


 

Literally, placed next to or touching. According to Hume the contiguity of events is an important element in our interpretation of their conjunction as causal.

 
Law Dictionary: Contiguous

Near or in close proximity to. 78 N.W. 2d 86, 91.

 
Word Tutor: contiguous
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Touching along boundaries.

pronunciation Five contiguous counties were connected by the highway.

 
Translations: Translations for: Contiguous

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilgrænsende, tilstødende, berørende

Nederlands (Dutch)
opeenvolgend, aangrenzend

Français (French)
adj. - contigu

Deutsch (German)
adj. - aneinandergrenzend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εφαπτόμενος, παράπλευρος, παρακείμενος, συνεχόμενος, όμορος, γειτονικός

Italiano (Italian)
attiguo, contiguo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - contíguo

Русский (Russian)
смежный, прилегающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - contiguo, adyacente, colindante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - angränsande, omedelbart föregående

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
邻近的, 接近的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 鄰近的, 接近的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 인접하고 있는, 연속적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 接触している, 隣接する, 前後している

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مجاور, متاخم, ملاصق له‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קרוב, נוגע, גובל‬


 
 

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