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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles. --Sir I. Newton. Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith. {Contiguous angles}. See {Adjacent angles}, under {Angle}. Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See {Adjacent}. -- {Con*tig"u*ous*ly}, adv -- {Con*tig"u*ous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: contiguous adj 1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" [syn: {immediate}] 2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn: {conterminous}] 3: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho" [syn: {abutting}, {adjacent}, {adjoining}, {bordering(a)}, {conterminous}]
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