conterminous

WOTD - 26 March 2009    

English

Alternative forms

• coterminous

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɒnˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/, /kənˈtəː.mɪ.nəs/
• (US) IPA: /kənˈtɝ.mɪ.nəs/

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Adjective

conterminous (not comparable)

1. Meeting end-to-end or at the ends.
2. (geography) Adjoining; sharing a boundary.

   New York's borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are conterminous.

   To get a building warrant he had to show the plans to "conterminous proprietors", neighbours with whom his property shared a boundary.

3. Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
4. (law) Said linked or related of property leases that expire together.

Translations

meeting end-to-end

adjoining

Bulgarian: съседен (bg) Czech: sousední (cs) French: limitrophe (fr)

Icelandic: með sameiginleg landamæri; sem liggur innan einna og sömu landamæra; samlægur m., samlæg f., samlægt n. Russian: смежные

having the same scope, range, or extent

Icelandic: með sameiginleg landamæri; sem liggur innan einna og sömu landamæra; samlægur m., samlæg f., samlægt n.

of leases: linked or related

Icelandic: samlægur m., samlæg f., samlægt n.