contiguity

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Pronunciation

/ˌkɒn.tɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/

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/ˌkɒn.tɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/ · /ˌkɑn.tɪˈɡju.ɪ.ti/ · /ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ti/ · [ˌkɑn.təˈɡju.ə.ɾi] · [ˌkɑn.ɾəˈɡju.ə.ɾi]

Definition of contiguity

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.

“In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.”

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From French contiguïté, from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from contingō (“to touch or border upon”).

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