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Definition of Contiguous
1. Adjective. Very close or connected in space or time. "The immediate past"
Similar to: Close
Derivative terms: Contiguity, Contiguousness, Immediateness
2. Adjective. Connecting without a break; within a common boundary. "The contiguous 48 states"
3. Adjective. Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching. "Neighboring cities"
Similar to: Connected
Derivative terms: Adjacency, Contiguity, Contiguousness
Definition of Contiguous
1. a. In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
Definition of Contiguous
1. Adjective. connected; touching; abutting ¹
2. Adjective. adjacent; neighbouring/neighboring ¹
3. Adjective. connecting without a break ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contiguous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Contiguous
1. Adjacent or in actual contact. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contiguous
Literary usage of Contiguous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"Commercial value of non-contiguous possessions summarized, 112. Statistics of
trade between the United States and its non-contiguous territories, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"President was authorized to make, salt-springs .in.i lunds contiguous thereto
were excepted. 2 Stat. at L., 391. And this exception was continued when, ..."
3. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1793)
"... are contiguous. 2. Cafe for flopping a gutter, through which water ... the one
is 6 Mod. contiguous to the cellar of the other, but defended by a wall, ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1801)
"In the first, is the iris seen contiguous to the bodies of the su¡i and moon :
in the second, is the iris of 4.5 degrees diameter : in the third and fourth, ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"(a) So thickly strewn as to be close together or touch, but without coalescing:
as, contiguous spots, dots, or punctures. (l>) Almost or quite touching at ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... like circumstances and conditions as for vein or lode claims, and that persons
having contiguous claims of any size might make joint entry thereof. ..."
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