Con·tig·u·ous a. In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles. --Sir I. Newton.
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith.
Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.
Syn: -- Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent.
-- Con*tig*u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig*u*ous*ness, n.
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contiguousness
n : the attribute of being so near as to be touching [syn: adjacency,
contiguity]