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As an adjective contiguous is

connected; touching; abutting.

wikidiffcom

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contiguous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • connected; touching; abutting
  • adjacent; neighbouring/neighboring
  • * 1730–1774 , , Introductory to Switzerland
  • Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,
    He sees his little lot the lot of all;
    Sees no contiguous palace rear its head
    To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
  • * 1835 , William Scoresby, Memorials of the Sea (page 59)
  • the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship.
  • 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.

    Derived terms

    * contiguousness

    See also

    * conterminous

    References

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