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Meaning of contiguous

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  contiguous
      adj 1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous
             events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity";
             "the immediate past" [syn: {contiguous}, {immediate}]
      2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48
         conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn:
         {conterminous}, {contiguous}]
      3: 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" [syn: {adjacent}, {conterminous},
         {contiguous}, {neighboring(a)}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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