Contiguous
[kən'tɪgjʊəs] or [kən'tɪɡjuəs]
Definition
(adj.) very close or connected in space or time; 'contiguous events'; 'immediate contact'; 'the immediate vicinity'; 'the immediate past' .
Editor: Sheldon--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Touching, meeting, conterminous, adjacent, adjoining, in contact.
Editor: Timmy
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONTAGIOUS]
Checker: Marie
Definition
adj. touching adjoining: near.—ns. Contigū′ity Contig′uousness.—adv. Contig′uously.
Editor: Milton
Examples
- It had been a Cistercian Convent in old days, when the Smithfield, which is contiguous to it, was a tournament ground. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A blue and a red point may surely lie contiguous without any penetration or annihilation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- An object may be contiguous and prior to another, without being considered as its cause. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- However, there was nothing else to consider than an attempt to scale the trees contiguous to the cliff in an effort to reach the caves above. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Grapplers and boarders lined the contiguous rails of each. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- You have the same propension, that I have, in favour of what is contiguous above what is remote. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The rule, by which they proceed, is to pass from one object to what is resembling, contiguous to, or produced by it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I immediately perceive, that they are contiguous in time and place, and that the object we call cause precedes the other we call effect. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Being now ready for manufacturing, but requiring more facilities, Edison increased his real-estate holdings by purchasing a large tract of land lying contiguous to what he already owned. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Contiguous objects must have an influence much superior to the distant and remote. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The next point was to secure a joint between contiguous rails such as would permit of the passage of several thousand amperes without introducing undue resistance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In short, the same facility of transition operates not in the same manner upon superior and inferior as upon contiguous and remote. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Editor: Milton