different between coterminal vs conterminal

English

Etymology

co- +? terminal

Noun

coterminal (plural coterminals)

1. (aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.

Adjective

coterminal (not comparable)

1. Coterminous: having the same scope or range, or meeting at the ends.
2. (geometry, of two angles) Differing only by a whole number of complete circles.

   When you try to draw two coterminal angles on a circle, you will find that you only get one line.

3. (category theory) Describing an object in a category, such that there is precisely one morphism that maps that object to every object in the category.
4. (university education, of a student) Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.

   coterminal student

Synonyms

• (category theory): initial

Antonyms

• (category theory): terminal

Translations

See also

• Initial and terminal objects on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”) + -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?t??.m?.n?l/, /k?n?t??.m?.n?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?t?.m?.n?l/

Adjective

conterminal (not comparable)

1. Conterminous.
   • 1831 Thomas Love Peacock, Crotchet Castle Chapter 9:

     The neighbouring lords, his conterminal bandits.

2. (entomology) Connected end to end.
   • 1866 William Edward Shuckard, British Bees: An Introduction to the Study of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles p. 28:

     The latter consists of closely attached conterminal joints.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “conterminal”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• centinormal, nonmetrical