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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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
           divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their
           angles.                                  --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.
  
     Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. --
          Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
           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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

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

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contiguous
     Αγγλικά a.
     συνεχόμενος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contiguous
     a.
     1 connected; touching; abutting.
     2 adjacent; neighboring.
     3 connecting without a break.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  contiguous
     a.
     1 connected; touching; abutting.
     2 adjacent; neighboring.
     3 connecting without a break.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  contiguous
     a.
     1 connected; touching; abutting.
     2 adjacent; neighboring.
     3 connecting without a break.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  contiguous
     a.
     1 connected; touching; abutting.
     2 adjacent; neighboring.
     3 connecting without a break.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contiguous
     Englanti a.
     läheinen, viereinen, yhtenäinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contiguous
     Engelska a.
     1 angränsande, intilliggande, närliggande
     2 omedelbart föregående eller efterföljande (i tid), som omedelbart
  följer en annan händelse

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Contiguous /kəntˈɪɡjuːəs/
  متاخم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  contiguous //kənˈtɪɡjuəs// 
  1. съседен
  adjacent, neighboring
  2. граничещ, допиращ се
  connected, touching, abutting

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contiguous /kəntˈɪɡjuːəs/ 
  sousedící

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contiguous /kəntˈɪɡjuːəs/ 
  přiléhající

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contiguous /kəntˈɪɡjuːəs/
  aneinandergrenzend, aneinandergereiht, zusammenhängend 
        "be contiguous to sth."  - an etwas anschließen, an etw. grenzen

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  contiguous //kənˈtɪɡjuəs// 
  1. naapuri-, viereinen
  adjacent, neighboring
  2. liittyvä, viereinen, vierekkäinen
  connected, touching, abutting
  3. jatkuva, yhtenäinen
  connecting without a break

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  contiguous /kəntˈɪɡjuːəs/ 
  1. निकटवर्ती, समीपस्थ
        "Contiguous bad events in her life,broke her down completely."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  contiguous /kəntˈɪɡjuːəs/
  dodirni, granični, međašni

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  contiguous //kənˈtɪɡjuəs// 
  närliggande
  adjacent, neighboring

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  contiguous /kəntˈɪɡjuːəs/
  1. bitişik, hemhudut.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kənˈtɪɡjuəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "contiguous":
     abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, close, close-by,
     connecting, conterminous, coterminous, end to end, endways,
     endwise, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed,
     juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor,
     neighboring, next, nigh, touching
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 邻近的,接近的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 毗邻的,邻近的,连接的

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