CONTIGUOUS


Meaning of CONTIGUOUS in English

kənˈtigyəwəs adjective

Etymology: Latin contiguus, from contingere to touch on all sides — more at contingent

1.

a.

(1) : touching along boundaries often for considerable distances

Kentucky and Tennessee are contiguous

a lot contiguous to a road

(2) of angles : adjacent 2

b. : next or adjoining with nothing similar intervening

the contiguous bedroom — W.M.Thackeray

two contiguous benches — Jane Austen

c. : nearby , close : not distant

while the dwelling vibrates to the din of the contiguous torrent — William Wordsworth

d. : continuous , unbroken , uninterrupted : touching or connected throughout

the houses … contiguous all along from end to end of the town — Nathaniel Hawthorne

2.

a. : immediately preceding or following in time or sequence : without intervening interval or item ; also : involving items so occurring or arranged

b. : near in time or sequence

Synonyms: see adjacent

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.