| 单词 | contiguous |
| 释义 | contiguous[ kuhn-tig-yoo-uhs ] / kənˈtɪg yu əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR contiguous ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivetouching; in contact. in close proximity without actually touching; near. adjacent in time: contiguous events. Origin of contiguousFirst recorded in 1605–15; from Latin contiguus “touching, bordering upon,“ equivalent to prefix con- “with, together” + tig- (variant stem of -tingere, combining form of tangere “to touch”) + -uus adjective suffix; see con-, tangent, contingent, contact;cf. -ous, continuous SYNONYMS FOR contiguous1 bordering, adjoining, abutting. 2 adjacent. SEE SYNONYMS FOR contiguous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM contiguousDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for contiguous
British Dictionary definitions for contiguouscontiguous / (kənˈtɪɡjʊəs) / adjectivetouching along the side or boundary; in contact physically adjacent; neighbouring preceding or following in time Derived forms of contiguouscontiguity (ˌkɒntɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ) or contiguousness, nouncontiguously, adverbWord Origin for contiguousC17: from Latin contiguus, from contingere to touch; see contact Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for contiguouscontiguous [ kən-tĭg′yōō-əs ] adj.Sharing an edge or boundary; touching. Neighboring; adjacent. Other words from contiguouscon•tig′u•ous•ness n.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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