contiguous

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con·tig·u·ous / kənˈtigyoōəs/ • adj. sharing a common border; touching: the 48 contiguous states. ∎  next or together in sequence: five hundred contiguous dictionary entries.DERIVATIVES: con·tig·u·ous·ly adv.

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contiguous

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contiguous XVII. f. L. contiguus, f. contingere; see CONTACT and -UOUS.
So contiguity XVII.

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