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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