contiguous

(kən-tĭg'yū-əs)
adj.

1. Sharing an edge or boundary; touching.
2. Neighboring; adjacent.
3. 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.

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

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Adjoining.

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Actually touching; contiguous properties have a common boundary.
See abut.


Example: Lots A and B in Figure 42 are contiguous. Lot C is adjacent to A and B but not contiguous.

FIG. 42. CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY

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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.

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.

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

IN BRIEF: Touching along boundaries.

Five contiguous counties were connected by the highway.

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• Relative Positions - contiguous: (adj) touching along one side or at some point; adjacent

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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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