CONTIGUOUS


Meaning of CONTIGUOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kən-ˈti-gyə-wəs, -gyü-əs ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin contiguus, from contingere to have contact with — more at contingent

Date: circa 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

contiguous row houses

Synonyms: see adjacent

• con·tig·u·ous·ly adverb

• con·tig·u·ous·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.