English Explanatory Dictionary

contiguous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Connected; touching; abutting.
  2. Adjacent; neighboring.
  3. Connecting without a break.

Pronunciation

/kənˈtɪɡ.ju.əs/ en-us-contiguous.ogg /kənˈtɪɡ.jʉ.əs/ en-au-contiguous.ogg

Word forms

contiguous

Etymology

From Latin contiguus (“touching”), from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion.

Related words

contiguity coterminous

Derived words

contiguosity contiguous 48 contiguously contiguousness contiguous United States discontiguous incontiguous multicontiguous non-contiguous noncontiguous overcontiguous pseudocontiguous semicontiguous subcontiguous uncontiguous
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