different between contiguity vs contiguous

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 Latin contiguus (“touching”), from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t??ju?s/
• Hyphenation: con?tig?u?ous

Adjective

contiguous (not comparable)

1. Connected; touching; abutting.
2. Adjacent; neighboring.
   • 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland

     Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,

     He sees his little lot the lot of all;

     Sees no contiguous palace rear its head

     To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
3. Connecting without a break.

   the forty-eight contiguous states

Derived terms

• contiguousness
• contiguous United States

Related terms

• contiguity

Translations

See also

• coterminous

References

• contiguous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• contiguous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.