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Webster 1913 Edition
Conterminous
Con-ter′mi-nous
,Adj.
[L.
conterminus
. Cf. Conterminous
.] Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous.
This conformed so many of them as were
conterminous
to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. Sir M. Hale.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conterminous
CONTERMINOUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
conterminous
conterminous
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Alternative forms
Adjective
conterminous (not comparable)
- Meeting end to end or at the ends.
- (geography) Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.
- New York's borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are conterminous.
- To get a building warrant he had to show the plans to "conterminous proprietors", neighbours with whom his property shared a boundary.
- Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
- (law) Said of linked or related property leases that expire together.
Translations
meeting end-to-end
adjoining
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having the same scope, range, or extent
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