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Contiguousness

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n. The state or quality of being contiguous.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A state of contact; close union of surfaces or borders.

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

n. the attribute of being so near as to be touching

Word Usage

"The Court majority offers the muddy suggestion that racial gerrymandering will pass muster if the resulting districts are not too aggressively indifferent to "compactness, contiguousness, geographical boundaries, or political subdivisions.""

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

closeness nearness