conterminal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”) + -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]conterminal (not comparable)
- Conterminous.
- 1831, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 9, in Crotchet Castle:
- The neighbouring lords, his conterminal bandits.
- (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, page 28:
- The latter consists of closely attached conterminal joints.
References
[edit]- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “conterminal”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.