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Contiguous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Sharing an edge or boundary; touching.

adj. Neighboring; adjacent.

adj. Connecting without a break: the 48 contiguous states.

adj. Connected in time; uninterrupted: served two contiguous terms in office.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. connected; touching; abutting

adj. adjacent; neighbouring/neighboring

adj. connecting without a break

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Touching; meeting or joining at the surface or border; hence, close together; neighboring; bordering or adjoining; adjacent: as, two contiguous bodies, houses, or estates: usually followed by to.

Specifically In entomology: So thickly strewn as to be close together or touch, but without coalescing: as, contiguous spots, dots, or punctures, Almost or quite touching at the base: as, contiguous antennæ.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. very close or connected in space or time

adj. connecting without a break; within a common boundary

adj. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

Word Usage

"The 48 states besides Alaska and Hawaii are referred to as the contiguous U.S., rather than the continental U.S."

Equivalent

close connected

Cross Reference

contiguous angles conterminous

Form

contiguousness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

adjoining adjacent touching near neighboring

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

ambiguous

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

adjacent outlying inland northeastern uninhabited