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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, close, close-by, connecting, conterminous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor, neighboring, next, nigh, touching

Dictionary Results for contiguous:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

contiguous
    adj 1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous
           events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity";
           "the immediate past" [syn: contiguous, immediate]
    2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48
       conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn:
       conterminous, contiguous]
    3: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode
       Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and
       Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with
       France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho";
       "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous,
       contiguous, neighboring(a)]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Contiguous \Con*tig"u*ous\, a. [L. contiguus; akin to contigere
   to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]
   In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near;
   neighboring; adjoining.
   [1913 Webster]

         The two halves of the paper did not appear fully
         divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their
         angles.                                  --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.
   [1913 Webster]

         Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith.
   [1913 Webster]

   Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.

   Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. --
        Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster] Continence

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