Contiguous \Con*tig"u*ous\, a. [L. contiguus; akin to contigere
to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]
In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near;
neighboring; adjoining.
[1913 Webster]
The two halves of the paper did not appear fully
divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their
angles. --Sir I.
Newton.
[1913 Webster]
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.
Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. --
Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] Continence
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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contiguous
adj
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)]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Contiguous \Con*tig"u*ous\, a. [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, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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