contiguity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

/ˌkɒn.tɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contiguity.wav /ˌkɑn.tɪˈɡju.ɪ.ti/ /ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ti/ [ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ɾi] [ˌkɑn.ɾəˈɡju.ə.ɾi]

contiguity contiguities

From French contiguïté, from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from contingō (“to touch or border upon”).

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discontiguity

noncontiguity

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