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Contiguous

Con-tig′u-ous

,
Adj.
[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.
Con-tig′u-ous-ly
,
adv.
Con-tig′u-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Contiguous

CONTIGUOUS

,
Adj.
[L., con and tango, tago, to touch.] Touching; meeting or joining at the surface or border; as two contiguous bodies or countries.
The houses in ancient Rome were not contiguous.
Usually followed by to. Bacon uses with, but he has not been followed.

Definition 2024


contiguous

contiguous

English

Adjective

contiguous (not comparable)

  1. Connected; touching; abutting.
  2. Adjacent; neighbouring/neighboring.
    • 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, 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.
  3. 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.

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  • contiguous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • contiguous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911