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Conterminous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTERMINOUS, a. [L., con and terminus, a border.] Bordering upon; touching at the boundary; contiguous; as a people conterminous to the Roman territory.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn: conterminous, contiguous]
2: 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]
3: being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: coextensive, coterminous, conterminous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin conterminus, from com- + terminus boundary — more at term Date: 1631 1. having a common boundary <conterminous countries> 2. coterminous 3. enclosed within one common boundary <the 48 conterminous states> • conterminously adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (often foll. by with) 1 having a common boundary. 2 coextensive, coterminous. Derivatives: conterminously adv. Etymology: L conterminus (as COM-, terminus boundary)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conterminous Con*ter"mi*nous, a. [L. conterminus. Cf. Conterminous.] Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous. This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. --Sir M. Hale.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Adjoining, adjacent, contiguous, bordering upon. 2. Identical in limits, of identical boundaries, co-extensive, coincident, commensurate.

Moby Thesaurus

accompanying, adjacent, adjoining, agreeing, bordering, buck, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coinstantaneous, collateral, combat, concomitant, concurrent, connecting, contemporaneous, contemporary, contend, contiguous, coterminous, dispute, duel, end to end, endeavor, endways, endwise, face to face, fight, immediate, isochronal, isochronous, joined, juxtaposed, neighbor, neighboring, next, oppose, repel, rival, simultaneous, traverse, unison, unisonous, vie, withstand