contiguous

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.3.5 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin contiguus (“‘touching’”) < contingere (“‘to touch’”); see contingent, contact, contagion.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈtɪgjuəs/, SAMPA: /k@n"tIgju@s/
• Hyphenation: con‧tig‧u‧ous

[edit] Adjective

contiguous (not comparable)

1. connected; touching; abutting
2. adjacent; neighbouring/neighboring
3. connecting without a break

   The forty-eight contiguous states.

   • 1886, Frank Hamilton Cushing, A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth:

     Supposing three such houses to be contiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.

[edit] Related terms

• contiguity

[edit] Derived terms

• contiguousness

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• conterminous

[edit] External links

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