From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conterminous \Con*ter"mi*nous\, adjective [L. conterminus. Cf. {Conterminous}.] Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous.
This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. --Sir M. Hale.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn: {contiguous}]
2: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: {abutting}, {adjacent}, {adjoining}, {contiguous}, {neighboring(a)}]
3: of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: {coextensive}, {coterminous}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "conterminous": accompanying, adjacent, adjoining, agreeing, bordering, buck, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coinstantaneous, collateral, combat, concomitant, concurrent, connecting, contemporaneous, contemporary, contend, contiguous, coterminous, dispute, duel, end to end, endeavor, endways, endwise, face to face, fight, immediate, isochronal, isochronous, joined, juxtaposed, neighbor, neighboring, next, oppose, repel, rival, simultaneous, traverse, unison, unisonous, vie, withstand
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