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noun
A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the attribute of being so near as to be touching
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: adjacency, contiguousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nearness, closeness
History
From French contiguïté (whence -ity), from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from contingō (“to touch or border upon”).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
