different between contiguity vs accessibility

English

Etymology

From French contiguïté, from Late Latin contiguit?s, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from conting? (“I touch or border upon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nt???ju??ti/
• Hyphenation: con?ti?gu?i?ty

Noun

contiguity (countable and uncountable, plural contiguities)

1. A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
   • 1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12:

     In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.

Synonyms

• (state in which objects are physically touching): synapse (of neurons)

Antonyms

• discontiguity

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “contiguity”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• contiguity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “contiguity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Notes:

English

Etymology

From accessible +? -ity, after Late Latin accessibilitas, from Latin accessibilis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æk?s?s.??b?l.?t.i/

Noun

accessibility (usually uncountable, plural accessibilities)

1. The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.
3. (computing, web design) Features that increase software usability for users with certain impairments.

   Synonym: a11y

   • 2007, Accessibility of WVU Websites for Individuals with Vision Impairments, ProQuest ?ISBN, page 4

     The purpose of this study is to measure West Virginia University's website accessibility for students and users who are blind or visually impaired and compare that measurement to the measurement of other websites of […]

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Further reading

• accessibility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia