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contiguousness |
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]: contiguousness n : the attribute of being so near as to be touching [syn: {adjacency}, {contiguity}]
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