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English
Etymology
From French contiguïté, from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from contingō (“I touch or border upon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
contiguity (countable and uncountable, plural contiguities)
- 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.
- 1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 12:
- In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.
Synonyms
- (state in which objects are physically touching): synapse (of neurons)
Antonyms
Translations
state in which objects are physically touching
References
- contiguity in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “contiguity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “contiguity”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Notes:
- ^ Medical Physiology, Boron & Boulpaep, →ISBN, Elsevier Saunders 2005. Updated edition. page 295.