contiguous

contiguous
    adj 1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous
           events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity";
           "the immediate past" [syn: {contiguous}, {immediate}]
    2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48
       conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn:
       {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" [syn: {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.
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         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] Continence
    

25 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