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Conterminous

adjective
1.
Connecting without a break; within a common boundary.  Synonym: contiguous.  "The contiguous 48 states"
2.
Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching.  Synonyms: adjacent, contiguous, neighboring.  "The side of Germany conterminous with France" , "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho" , "Neighboring cities"
3.
Being of equal extent or scope or duration.  Synonyms: coextensive, coterminous.





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"Conterminous" Quotes from Famous Books



... N, 95 00 W — Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean, north of the conterminous US ...
— The 1996 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... of these were scientific works. Some were works which followed in the wake of the new science, with rapid applications of its methods and results to other subjects, scarce conterminous or not even germane. For in the light of the great central idea of Evolution, all departments of human knowledge had to be reviewed, reconsidered, reconceived, rearranged, rewritten. Every foremost scholar of the world, kindling ...
— The Reign of Law - A Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields • James Lane Allen


Words linked to "Conterminous" :   connected, neighboring, commensurate


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