contiguous

Words with a similar base: contiguous

'contiguous'

[contiguous.s.01] as in: very close or connected in space or time

Examples:
contiguous events
immediate contact
the immediate vicinity
the immediate past

'contiguous'

[conterminous.s.01] as in: connecting without a break; within a common boundary

Examples:
the 48 conterminous states
the contiguous 48 states

'contiguous'

[adjacent.s.02] as in: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

Examples:
Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut
the side of Germany conterminous with France
Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho
neighboring cities

Origins

					contiguous (English)
└── contiguus (Latin)

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