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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Contiguous \Con*tig"u*ous\, adjective [L. contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. See {Contingent}.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles. --Sir I. Newton.
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith.
{Contiguous angles}. See {Adjacent angles}, under {Angle}.
Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See {Adjacent}. -- {Con*tig"u*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Con*tig"u*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
contiguous
adjective
1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" [syn: {immediate}]
2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn: {conterminous}]
3: 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}, {conterminous}, {neighboring(a)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "contiguous": abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, close, close-by, connecting, conterminous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor, neighboring, next, nigh, touching
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