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1contiguous — I adjective abutting, adjacent, adjoining, against, at close quarters, beside, bordering, bounding, close, confinis, conjoining, conjunct, connected, conterminous, continens, convergent, coupled, edging, end to end, fringing, in close proximity,… …
2Contiguous — 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 . . .… …
3Contiguous angles — 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… …
4Contiguous Data Structure — [von engl. contiguous »benachbart«], fortlaufende Datenstruktur …
5contiguous gene syndromes — contiguous gene syndromes. См. синдромы генных последовательностей. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
6contiguous — 1610s, from L. contiguus near, touching, bordering upon, from root of contingere to touch upon (see CONTACT (Cf. contact)). Earlier form, now obsolete, was contiguate (mid 15c.) …
7contiguous — adjoining, abutting, conterminous, *adjacent, tangent, juxtaposed Analogous words: *nearest, next: *close, near, nigh, nearby …
8contiguous — [adj] adjacent, in contact abutting, adjoining, approximal, beside, bordering, close, contactual, conterminous, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, meeting, near, near at hand, nearby, neighboring, next, next door to, next to, touching; concept 586 Ant …
9contiguous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) sharing a common border. 2) next or together in sequence. DERIVATIVES contiguity noun contiguously adverb. ORIGIN Latin contiguus touching …
10contiguous — [kən tig′yo͞o əs] adj. [L contiguus, bordering upon < base of contingere, to touch upon: see CONTACT] 1. in physical contact; touching along all or most of one side 2. near, next, or adjacent SYN. ADJACENT contiguously adv. contiguousness n …
