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Continentsl vs Conterminous - What's the difference?

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conterminous

English

Alternative forms

* coterminous

Adjective

(-)
  • Meeting end-to-end or at the ends.
  • (geography) Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and 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.
  • Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
  • (legal) Said of linked or related property leases that expire together.
  • See also

    * coextensive * contiguous