different between contiguity vs availability

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 available +? -ity; attested since the early 1800s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ve?l??b?l?t?]

Noun

availability (usually uncountable, plural availabilities)

1. (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being available.

   What is your availability this week?

2. (countable) That which is available.

   We have several availabilities.

Synonyms

• (quality of being available): availableness, accessibility

Antonyms

• (quality of being available): non-availability, nonavailability, unavailability

Derived terms

• high-availability
• low-availability

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