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Contiguity vs Liminal - What's the difference?

contiguity | liminal |

As a noun contiguity

is a state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.

As an adjective liminal is

of or pertaining to a threshold or entrance.

contiguity

English

Noun

(contiguities)
  • A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
  • * 1958–1960 , (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12:
    • In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.

    Synonyms

    * (state in which objects are physically touching) synapse (of neurons) Medical Physiology, Boron & Boulpaep, ISBN 1-4160-2328-3, Elsevier Saunders 2005. Updated edition. page 295.

    References

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    liminal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a threshold or entrance.
  • Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process; inceptive; inchoative; marginal.

    • Quotations

    * 1888 , , Outlines of psychology , p. 114: *: Every stimulus must reach a certain intensity before any appreciable sensation results. This point is known as the threshold or liminal intensity. * 1999 , Sarah Iles Johnston, Restless Dead , p. 209: *: Second, spaces such as the threshold of a door are “liminal ,” lying between otherwise defined areas without belonging to either of them.

    Derived terms

    * liminality * liminary * subliminal * superliminal

    Related terms

    * limit

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