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contiguous 音标拼音: [kənt'ɪgjuəs] a. 毗邻的,邻近的,连接的 毗邻的,邻近的,连接的 contiguous相连 contiguous adj 1: very close or connected in space or time; " contiguous events"; " immediate contact"; " the immediate vicinity"; " the immediate past" [ synonym: { contiguous}, { immediate}] 2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; " the 48 conterminous states"; " the contiguous 48 states" [ synonym: { conterminous}, { contiguous}] 3: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; " Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; " the side of Germany conterminous with France"; " Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; " neighboring cities" [ synonym: { adjacent}, { conterminous}, { contiguous}, { neighboring( a)}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles. -- Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster] Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] { Contiguous angles}. See { Adjacent angles}, under { Angle}. Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See { Adjacent}. -- { Con* tig" u* ous* ly}, adv. -- { Con* tig" u* ous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] Continence25 Moby Thesaurus words for " contiguous": abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, close, close- by, connecting, conterminous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor, neighboring, next, nigh, touching
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