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Conterminous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Conterminous has 3 senses
- conterminous(s = adj.all) contiguous - connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
- conterminous(s = adj.all) adjacent, contiguous, neighboring - 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"
- conterminous(s = adj.all) coextensive, coterminous - being of equal extent or scope or duration; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
Conterminous, a. [L. conterminus. Cf. Conterminous.].
Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous. [1913 Webster]
"This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
Conterminous, adj. (often foll. by with)
1 having a common boundary.
2 coextensive, coterminous.
1 having a common boundary.
2 coextensive, coterminous.
Derivative
conterminously adv.
Etymology
L conterminus (as COM-, terminus boundary)
THESAURUS
Conterminous
accompanying, adjacent, adjoining, agreeing, bordering, buck, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coinstantaneous, collateral, combat, concomitant, concurrent, connecting, contemporaneous, contemporary, contend, contiguous, coterminous, dispute, duel, end to end, endeavor, endways, endwise, face to face, fight, immediate, isochronal, isochronous, joined, juxtaposed, neighbor, neighboring, next, oppose, repel, rival, simultaneous, traverse, unison, unisonous, vie, withstandROGET THESAURUS
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End
N end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.Contiguity
N contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition, abuttal, juxtaposition, abutment, osculation, meeting, appulse, rencontre, rencounter, syzygy, coincidence, coexistence, adhesion, touching, (touch), borderland, frontier, tangent, abutter, contiguous, touching, in contact, conterminous, end to end, osculatory, pertingent, tangential, hand to hand, close to, with no interval.
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