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contiguous

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.

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bordering

English

Verb

bordering

  1. present participle of border

Adjective

bordering (not comparable)

  1. Having a common boundary or border
    France and Spain are bordering nations.

Related terms

  • border on

Translations

Noun

bordering (plural borderings)

  1. A pattern or ornament forming a border.
    • 1874, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine
      White silk borderings and silver buckles.

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