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Definition of contiguous

Contiguous
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.

Meaning of contiguous from wikipedia

- The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United...
- Look up contiguity or contiguous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contiguity or contiguous may refer to: Contiguous data storage, in computer science...
- distinct from the contiguous geographic center, which has not changed since the 1912 admissions of New Mexico and Arizona to the 48 contiguous United States...
- anatomical areas are said to be contiguous. In addition, any two precordial leads next to one another are considered to be contiguous. For example, though V4...
- The Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone of 1958 is an international treaty which entered into force on 10 September 1964, one of four...
- only place in the contiguous United States north of the 49th parallel; it is the northernmost census-designated place in the contiguous United States. The...
- This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. As of January 8...
- continent, known as transcontinental states or intercontinental states. Contiguous transcontinental countries are states that have one continuous or immediately-adjacent...
- Such divisions are referred to as being contiguous. In the United States, for example, the "48 contiguous states" excludes Hawaii and Alaska, which...
- areas are long and contiguous. Over time and with use, the long contiguous regions become fragmented into smaller and smaller contiguous areas. Eventually...