contiguity

Roget category 199

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.1. General dimensions

#199. Contiguity

noun

contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition, abuttal^†, juxtaposition — abutment, osculation — meeting, appulse^†, rencontre^†, rencounter^†, syzygy [Astr.], coincidence, coexistence — adhesion etc. 46 — touching etc. v.. (touch) 379.
borderland — frontier etc. (limit) 233 — tangent — abutter.

verb

be contiguous etc. adj. — join, adjoin, abut on, march with — graze, touch, meet, osculate, come in contact, coincide — coexist — adhere etc. 46.
[cause to be contiguous] juxtapose — contact — join (unite) 43 — link (vinculum) 45.

adjective

contiguous — touching etc. v. — in contact etc. n. — conterminous, end to end, osculatory — pertingent^† — tangential.
hand to hand — close to etc. (near) 197 — with no interval etc. 198.

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