[con.tig.u.ous] adj [L contiguus, fr. contingere to have contact with--more at contingent] (ca. 1609) 1: being in actual contact: touching along a boundary or at a point
2. of angles: adjacent 2
3: next or near in time or sequence
4: touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence "~ row houses" syn see adjacent -- con.tig.u.ous.ly adv -- con.tig.u.ous.ness n