contiguous
UK /kənˈtɪɡ.ju.əs/ US /kənˈtɪɡ.ju.əs/
adj 3
Definitions
adj
1
Connected; touching; abutting.
2
Adjacent; 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;
[…] 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
Supposing three such houses to be contiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.
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